PayPal ‘fake’ emails on the rise, it seems

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Beware the fake PayPal emails

I used to receive about one fake PayPal email per week, but lately they’ve been hitting one per day.

Here’s the latest, in case you also receive it and are tempted to click on the link in the middle of the email and inadvertently give your details away:

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

PayPal Resolution Center: Your account is limited.
(Your case ID for this reason is PP-010206115.)

PayPal is constantly working to ensure security by regularly screening the accounts in our system. We recently reviewed your account, and we need more information to help us provide you with secure service. Untill we can collect this information, your access to sensitive account features will be limited. We would like to restore your access as soon as possible, and we apologize for the inconvenience.

This is done for your protection only you, the recipient of this email can take the next step in the remove limitation process.

Why is my account access limited?

November 28, 2006: We have reason to believe that your account was accessed by a 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.

(Your case ID for this reason is PP-010206115.)

How can I restore my account access?

Please click here “Steps to Remove Limitations.” and complete the fields

Completing all of the checklist items will automatically restore your account access.

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal an eBay Company

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PROTECT YOUR PASSWORD

NEVER give your password to anyone, including PayPal employees. Protect yourself against fraudulent websites by opening a new web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape) and typing in the PayPal URL every time you log in to your account.

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Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and click the Help link located in the top right corner of any PayPal page.

PayPal Email ID PP-010206115.
Subject : Regular Maintenance – Review Your Account Details

Security Note: the link entitled “Steps to Remove Limitations.” goes off to http://www.crci.cn/pay.html

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Tyler

What blows my mind is that these scams work on people. I guess I am naive enough to think that most account holders know to be very dubious when receiving daily e-mails about problems with a PayPal account. My Dad had a problem with this site when they first gained popularity because when you have your MONEY tied up in a site, you become very sensitive to taking the steps to ensure its safety. I guess if you are going to scam people using a Web site, you have a good shot at making it work when you scare people by involving their money.

Clarence Jones

You Big Kids get all the good stuff. All I get are v1agra, OEM Software, & "good dogveal technopoultry barking and.". The last type cannot be computer-generated, because computers use better grammer than that. Of course, I'm from Mississippi...
Love & Peace, Clarence

Allan Jenkins

What I do is cull the bank accounts of Nigerian scamsters, and feed them to them.

My hope is that I will eventually create a "do loop" that crashes the African banking system.