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Urgent Notice! Paypal Fraud

Posted By: Bob Silber
Date: Saturday, 3 August 2002, at 9:58 a.m.

Be on guard with your PayPal account. I just received the following email. I contacted paypal and it wasn't from them. It is a thief trying to have you log in from the link. The scary thing is that it certainly looks like a secure paypal link. They embed their fake link in the Paypal link.

The scarier thing is paypal didn't even want to see it. They just checked my account, said it wasn't restricted, and said the email wasn't from them, and that was it.
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Reply-To: ""
From: ""
To: ""
Subject: Notification of PayPal Account Restriction
Sender: ""
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 06:33:18 -0500

Dear User,

PayPal is constantly working to increase security for
all of our users. To ensure the integrity of our payment
network, we conduct frequent checks on our system.

Your account has been placed on a restricted status, pending
further review. Restricted accounts are limited in their
ability to send or withdraw funds.

If you have questions concerning this restriction, please
contact us using the link below:

https://www.paypal.com/wf/f=ra

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

The PayPal Account Review Department

Note: When you login to your PayPal account, be sure that the website's URL always begins with "https://www.paypal.com/".

The "s" in "https" at the beginning of the URL means you are logging into a secure page. If the URL does not begin with
https, you are not on a PayPal page.

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Urgent Notice! Paypal Fraud
Bob Silber -- Saturday, 3 August 2002, at 9:58 a.m.

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