PayPal Scam: Notification of Limited Account Access

Started by MyWorld, Dec 05, 2010, 09:42 AM

MyWorld

Please beware of this message if you receive it. It did not generate from paypal but a spammer who was trying to deceive you.

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Notification of Limited Account Access
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PayPal <PayPal@mail.nu>
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Dear PayPal Customer : PayPal is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community of customers. 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. We are contacting you to remind you that, 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. To secure your account and quickly restore full access, we may require some additional information from you for the following reason: We have been notified that a card associated with your account has been reported as lost or stolen, or that there were additional problems with your card. This process is mandatory, and if not completed within the nearest time your account or credit card ma


Twinkle

I got the same mail but with a link to restore the account. But fortunately FireFox detected it as a fake website automatically :)

MyWorld

Quote from: Twinkle on Jan 04, 2011, 11:02 AM
I got the same mail but with a link to restore the account. But fortunately FireFox detected it as a fake website automatically :)

That is true. Google chrome has simialr feature.

MyWorld