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Seeker of Truth
06-08-2003, 05:48 PM
http://www.paypal.com/images/paypal_logo.gif


Dear PayPal Customer

This e-mail is the notification of recent innovations taken by PayPal to detect inactive customers and non-functioning mailboxes.

The inactive customers are subject to restriction and removal in the next 3 months.

Please confirm your email address and Credit or Check Card information using the form below:

Email Address:

Password:

First Name:

Last Name:

ZIP:

Credit or Check Card #:

Expiration Date:
/
ATM PIN:


Information transmitted using 128bit SSL encryption.

Thanks for using PayPal!

This PayPal notification was sent to this email address because you are a Web Accept user and chose to receive the PayPal Periodical newsletter and Product Updates. To modify your notification preferences, go to https://www.paypal.com/PREFS-NOTI and log in to your account. Changes may take several days to be reflected in our mailings. Replies to this email will not be processed.

Copyright© 2003 PayPal Inc. All rights reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners.


Source - Free Republic (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/925453/posts)

Radical-Conservative
06-08-2003, 10:40 PM
Sorry i don't believe things that orginate from FR

DoctorDoom
06-12-2003, 03:33 PM
It wouldn't be at all surprising.

Email Scam Targets PayPal Customers (http://www.kirotv.com/consumer/2039417/detail.html)

PayPal Email Scam (http://www.fightidentitytheft.com/paypal_scam.html)

PayPal Email scam (http://www.divtech.enewstogo.com/paypalscam.shtml)

This seems to be a different version, but the scammers will try anything to steal useful information. Be aware!