Phishing Scams, Credit Card Fraud & Identity Theft
PayPal Account Review Department (2005)
This is one of a collection of phony “phishing” emails. We don’t send these messages! We just collect and document them here for the benefit of others.
Use caution with your email so you won’t get caught in the con artists’ traps!
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 05:05:54 -0500
Subject: PayPal Notification ( Your account is suspended )
From: Customer Support support@paypal.com
Dear PayPal Member,
PayPal 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 it was flagged.You will remain flagged 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:
Our system requires further account verification.
Case ID Number: PP-056-245-481
We encourage you to log in and restore full access as soon as possible. Should your account remain flagged for an extended period of time, it may result in further limitations on the use of your account or may result in eventual account closure.
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Please click on the link below to log in
and restore full access to your account.
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run
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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,
PayPal Account Review Department
PayPal Email ID PP562
