Originally Posted by
kreativebargains
Recieved an eMail from 'Paypal' with the follwing title and contents on 19th October:
PayPal Final reminder:Your account is limited [ Scanned - 10/19/2012 ]
Your account has been temporarily limited
Hello customer,
To get back into your PayPal account, you'll need to follow the next steps.
It's easy:
1.Download and extract the form attached to this email, open it in a new secure browser window.
2.Confirm that you're the owner of the account, and then follow the instructions.
Page not working? If you are using Internet Explorer please allow ActiveX for scripts to perform all data transfers securely.
Please don't reply to this email. It'll just confuse the computer that sent it and you won't get a response.
PayPal Email ID PP315
****************NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY*******************
This email was sent by an automated system, so if you reply, nobody will see it. To get in touch with us, log in to your account and click "Contact Us" at the bottom of any page.
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This message has been scanned for viruses and
dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
believed to be clean.
My account is not limited, and Paypal do not send documents for you to open your account if it is. In addition when looking at the full header I got 'Return-Path: <help@notify.paylpal.co.uk>'. So I forwarded the eMail to their phishing department.
Here's the reply:
Thanks for taking an active role by reporting suspicious-looking emails.
Although we've determined that the email you forwarded to us is not a
phishing attempt, our security team is grateful for your concern.
Is it me or are Paypal either incompetent, lazy or stupid?