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Poss. PayPal scam
Fleur_2
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I'm not sure if I am posting this in the right place but, if it is in the wrong area, please feel free to shift it 
I had an e-mail perporting to be from PayPal in the bulk mail box of an e-mail address that I do not use for paypal accounting this morning.
The content read thus:
FROM: Warning
SUBJECT: Verify Your Account Balances !
Dear valued PayPal® member:
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 please 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.
Please update your records on or before May 2333th, 2005.
Once you have updated your account records, your PayPal® session will not be
interrupted and will continue as normal.
To update your PayPal® records click on the following link:
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run
Thank You.
PayPal® UPDATE TEAM
Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, PayPal® will
periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements.
Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions.
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/ua/policy_privacy-outside
I have reported this to PayPal as it does look very suss', but wanted to warn others about this as it does actually look genuine, and had it not come into an account that I don't use for PayPal correspondance I may very well have been suckered in by it.
I am pretty convinced that it is a hoax but await PayPals confirmation.
Fleur
I had an e-mail perporting to be from PayPal in the bulk mail box of an e-mail address that I do not use for paypal accounting this morning.
The content read thus:
FROM: Warning
SUBJECT: Verify Your Account Balances !
Dear valued PayPal® member:
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 please 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.
Please update your records on or before May 2333th, 2005.
Once you have updated your account records, your PayPal® session will not be
interrupted and will continue as normal.
To update your PayPal® records click on the following link:
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run
Thank You.
PayPal® UPDATE TEAM
Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, PayPal® will
periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements.
Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions.
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/ua/policy_privacy-outside
I have reported this to PayPal as it does look very suss', but wanted to warn others about this as it does actually look genuine, and had it not come into an account that I don't use for PayPal correspondance I may very well have been suckered in by it.
I am pretty convinced that it is a hoax but await PayPals confirmation.
Fleur
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It is a very obvious scam. Maybe the BG could move it across to the ebay board as I posted a sticky on there about these phishing mails as they are becoming far too common.
The first couple of words were a dead give away on your email though, 'Dear valued PayPal® member'. Paypal actually know who you are, they don't have to send a generic mail.
You did the right thing in sending it into paypal, just delete it now and forget it.
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I liked the date as well:
It's going to be a long month ...........Please update your records on or before May 2333th, 2005.Their - possessive pronoun (owned by them e.g. "They locked their car").
They're - colloquial/abbreviated version of 'They are'
There - noun (location other than here e.g. "You can buy groceries there") OR adverb (in or at that place e.g. "They have lived there for years") OR adverb (to or towards that place e.g. "Go there at noon") OR adverb (in that matter e.g. " I agree with you there").0
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