[Fwd: Your PayPal account is Limited.] FRAUDULENT EMAIL

Wed Mar 5 12:05:56 PST 2003

FYI

Beware! DO NOT COMPLETE THIS FORM IN THIS EMAIL.

This email is circulating about the 'Net. It appears to be genuine. But 
PayPal would never embed a form into an email (insecure) and limit 
access to your account for "maintenance." I am told secondhand that 
someone completed this form and discovered auctions on eBay in their 
name that weren't there's, or bids in their name (I can't recall which). 
It is also possible that your bank account associated with PayPal could 
be drained, as well as your PayPal account.

-------- Original Message --------
From: - Wed Mar 5 12:06:13 2003
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Return-path: <c7667c at ulysses.att.com>
Envelope-to: mike at swopedesign.com
Delivery-date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 12:54:56 -0500
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mike at swopedesign.com; Wed, 05 Mar 2003 12:54:55 -0500
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 14:05:43 -0600
From: info at paypal.com
To: mike at swopedesign.com
Subject: Your PayPal account is Limited.
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X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
Message-ID: 235574 at paypal.com

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PayPal <https://www.paypal.com/>

Dear PayPal Customer

PayPal is currently performing regular maintenance of our security
measures. Your account has been randomly selected for this maintenance,
and placed on Limited Access status. Protecting the security of your
PayPal account is our primary concern, and we apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause.

To restore your account to its regular status, you must confirm your
email address by logging in to your PayPal account using the form below:

*Email Address:*
*Password:*

*Bank Account*

*Enter Bank Account #:*

*Credit Card*

*Enter Credit Card #:*
*Exp. date :* /

This notification expires March 31, 2003

*Thanks for using PayPal! *
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is set up to receive the PayPal Periodical newsletter and product
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log in to your account. Changes to your preferences may take several
days to be reflected in our mailings. Replies to this email will not be
processed.

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