AOL, America Online Phishing Scam

The email claiming to be from America Online (AOL) and instructing you to update your PayPal information to restore account access is a phishing scam. Phishing e-mails are e-mails from scam artists who use official looking webpages designed to trick you into believing they are from a corporate website that you have an account with. Once you are at the site, they will ask you to provide or verify personal information such as bank account information, credit card information, social security information and password information. If you get such an e-mail, you should delete it and do not provide any of the requested information. However, if you are not convinced that you have a fraudulent e-mail, please contact America Online (AOL) directly and explain the e-mail you received. If you give out any personal information, contact America Online (AOL) immediately and depending on what information you gave out, it may be wise to take measures to protect against identity theft (e.g. contact credit agencies, close accounts, cleanse computer). Many e-mail solicitations that appear to be phishing e-mails are set forth throughout this website and below:

Dear valued PayPal member:

Identity protection matters and PayPal works day and night to help keep your identity
safe. That's why it has come to our attention that your PayPal account information
needs to be updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and
to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could take 5-10 minutes out of
your online experience and update your personal records
you will not run into any future problems with the online service.

However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension.
Once you have updated your account records, your PayPal session will not be
interrupted and will continue as normal.

To login to your PayPal account and update your records click on the following link:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run

Thank You for using PayPal

The PayPal Team

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Accounts Management will periodically send you information about site changes and
enhancements, as outlined in our User Agreement.

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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.

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PayPal Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority in the
United States as an electronic money institution.

PayPal Email ID 6P1S1Q4

The information provided on this website is provided for informational purposes only and should not be considered legal advice.

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From:	"AOL Billing Center" <AOLService@dc.aol.com>
Subject:	PayPal Account Security Measures ( Routing Code P1S1Q4 )
Date:	Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:17:17 +0200
To:

AOL, America Online

Phishing Scam E-mails