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Notification of Limited Account Access RXI033

PayPal


Date Reported: 1st February 2011	Risk Level: MEDIUM-HIGH

Email Subject:

Notification of Limited Account Access RXI033

Apparent Sender:

PayPal

Return Address:

service@account-paypal.co.uk

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.paypal.com.sumerrs.com/.wl/uk/cgi-bin/w
ebscr/login.html

Anchor text of URLs:

1)
https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=
login_actp

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

15498-221532-507522

Comments:

Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at PayPal by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.

PayPal never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.

The anchor text appears as a legitimate URL, but don't be fooled - clicking on it will take you to a phishing site!

Dear PayPal Customer,

As a security measure, we regularly screen
PayPal activity. Recently, we noticed a
problem with your account.

We determined that someone may have tried to
access your PayPal account without your
permission. For your protection,
we have limited your account access. To lift
this limitation, click here:

https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd
=login_actp

Reference Number:

We've limited access to your account
temporarily .We'...

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