PayPal Remove Limitations Email Scam

PayPal customers continue to be the targets of phishing scams. SecurePCNews has alerted you to similar PayPal email scams in the past as well as shared helpful information provided by PayPal.

This scam claims the recipient needs to login to their PayPal account to 'remove limitations.' Unfortunately for PayPal customers who respond to this email are taken to a 'spoofed' (fake) website that looks like a real PayPal screen and asked to provide confidential PayPal account information.

This type of email scam is commonly called a "Phishing" scam. Following the link included in the email could result in financial and identity loses. For more information about phishing visit SecurePCNews are review the article entitled "Don't get hooked by a phisher."

Following is the text of the Scam email message:

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From: Service PayPal [mailto:paypal@sercuresuite.net ]
Sent: 02/21/2008 9:28 AM
To: articles@riverbankconsulting.com
Subject: Service PayPal - Upgrade Your PersonnelAccount Information .

PayPal is constantly working to ensure security by regularly screening the accounts is our
system. We recently reviewed your account, and we need more information to help How
can I restore my account access ?
..Click Here, login and complete the nexte step ro "Remove Limitations."........

Completing all of the informations required will automaticlly restore your account access.

You will be redirected to a secure, pricate PayPal server on a random port due security
issues.

PayPal, an eBay company

Copyright 1999-2008 PayPal, All Right reserved.
Information about FDCI pass-through insurance

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If you received an email like this, the safest thing to do is just delete it. If you have already clicked on the link you may have unknowingly downloaded a harmful PC virus. You should immediately run a full virus scan to check for spyware or anyother malware.

If you don't have anti-virus or anti-spyware software, visit our online shop for a number of brands you can purchase online and download from Office Depot.

For more information about what to do if you think you may be the victim of a phishing email visit SecurePCNews.

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