PayPal Phishing Scam - Actual Sample E-mail
Dear valued PayPalŪ member:
PayPalŪ is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community of
buyers and sellers. To protect the security of your account, PayPal employs
some of the most advanced security systems in the world and our anti-fraud
teams regularly screen the PayPal system for unusual activity.
Recently, our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your
account. In accordance with PayPal's User Agreement and to ensure that your
account has not been compromised, access to your account was limited. Your
account access will remain limited until this issue has been resolved. This
is a fraud prevention measure meant to ensure that your account is not
compromised.
In order to secure your account and quickly restore full access, we may
require some specific information from you for the following reason:
We would like to ensure that your account was not accessed by an
unauthorized third party. Because protecting the security of your account
is our primary concern, we have limited access to sensitive PayPal account
features. We understand that this may be an inconvenience but please
understand that this temporary limitation is for your protection.
Case ID Number: PP-048-101-938
We encourage you to log in and restore full access as soon as possible.
Should access to your account remain limited for an extended period of
time, it may result in further limitations on the use of your account.
However, failure to restore your records will result in account suspension.
Please update your records on or before December 01, 2004.
Once you have updated your account records, your PayPal session will not be
interrupted and will continue as normal.
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Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that
this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account. We
apologize for any inconvenience.
Sincerely,
PayPalŪ Account Review Department
PayPal Email ID PP522
Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, PayPal will
periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements.
Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions.
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