Scam Email Alert 

A public service from the 
Law Offices of Thomas Gross

419 Fraud, Lottery Fraud, Phishing & Other Scams

Exposing Internet Fraud & Scams

 

Phishing Scam E-mails

During the past year, I received many e-mail solicitations that appear to be phishing e-mails.  Phishing e-mails are e-mails from scam artists who use "official" looking webpages designed to trick you into believing they are from a website such as EBay, Paypal, America Online, banks, financial institutions.  They generally imply that your account will be suspended or deactivated unless you click the link to the webpage that is linked from the e-mail.  Sometimes they say that someone is trying to use your account or this is done for "security" purposes.  Once you are at the site, they will ask for personal information.  You may be asked 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 still not convinced that you have a fraudulent e-mail, please contact the company directly and explain the e-mail you received.


PayPal (14)

 

From: "PayPal Security Center" <postmaster@paypal.com>  
To:
Subject: Notification of Limited Account Access
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 04:26:20 -0300

Dear Sir,

PayPal is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community of
buyers and sellers. 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.

Recently, 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. This
is a fraud prevention measure meant to ensure that your account is not
compromised.

In order to secure your account and quickly restore full access, we may
require some specific information from you for the following reason:

We would like to ensure that your account was not accessed by an
unauthorized 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.

Case ID Number: PP-046-631-789
We encourage you to log in and restore full access as soon as possible.
Should access to your account remain limited for an extended period of
time, it may result in further limitations on the use of your account or
may result in eventual account closure.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that
this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account. We
apologize for any inconvenience.


To keep your account active, click here:
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/accounts-outside


Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department



PayPal Email ID PP576

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Alaska USA Federal Credit Union

Amazon (1,2)

American Airlines Credit Union

American National Bank of Texas

Armed Forces Bank

Bank of America (1, 2, 3, 4)

Barclays Bank (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

Capital One

Chase Bank (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)

CIBC

Citibank

Colonial Bank

Co-op Network

Corporate America Family Credit Union

Credit Union Nat'l Association (1,2)

Desjardins

E-Bay (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)

egold (1, 2)

ePassaporte

First National Bank of PA

Flagstar Bank

Halifax Online Banking (1,2)

Heartland Bank

HSBC (1,2, 3)

Internal Revenue Service

Key Bank

Lloyds (1, 2)

MidAmerica Bank

National Association of Federal Credit Unions

National Credit Union Administration (1, 2, 3)

NatWest Bank

Ohio Savings Bank

PayPal (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)

PC Financial

PowerSellers

St. Francis Bank

Texas Dow Employees Credit Union (1, 2)

Visa (1,2)

Washington Mutual

Wells Fargo Bank

World Savings


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