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shekondar

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Apr 10, 2003
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Just got an email from "service@paypal.com" asking me to verify my information.... Very official looking - they even get their images from PayPal's site. Most of the links in the message go to https://www.paypal.com, except for the one that you click to verify your information (goes to http://210.187.122.110/Verify.htm).

Message follows (ignore any ieee.org stuff in the header - my mail goes through their systems)

X-Apparently-To: xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx via web80208.mail.yahoo.com; Wed, 04 Feb 2004 18:43:17 -0800
Return-Path: <service@paypal.com>
Received: from vmb-ext.prodigy.net (207.115.63.87)
by mta809.mail.yahoo.com with SMTP; Wed, 04 Feb 2004 18:43:17 -0800
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for <xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx>; Wed, 4 Feb 2004 21:42:11 -0500 (EST)
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for <xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx>; Wed, 04 Feb 2004 20:42:26 -0600
Reply-To: service <service@paypal.com>
From: service <service@paypal.com>
To: xxxxxx <xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Confirm Your Information!
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 20:42:26 -0600
Message-ID: <100001c3eb91$55de9e50$c78c1bbe@paypal.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627
Importance: Normal
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X-UCE-Filter-Settings: iknopf redirected to 90_OPT_OUT
X-Scanned-By: IEEE UCE Filtering Service

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>PayPal</TITLE>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<STYLE type=text/css>

(snippage...)

<SCRIPT language=JavaScript>
<!--
var boodschap = 'https://www.paypal.com';
function dgstatus()
{
window.status = boodschap;
timerID= setTimeout("dgstatus()", 25);
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>

<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff><B>From:</B> service [service@paypal.com]
<B>Sent:</B>
Wednesday, February 04, 2004 9:42 PM
<B>To:</B> Iknopf
<B>Subject:</B>
Confirm Your Information!

<SCRIPT language=JavaScript>
<!--
dgstatus();
//-->
</SCRIPT>

(snip...)

<TR>
<TD>Dear Customer,

This is a reminder that we need you to
confirm your information. This is a recent measure to protect our
customers.</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<HR class=dotted>
</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD colSpan=3>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD class=pp_subheading>How To Confirm Your
Information</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD colSpan=3><IMG height=10
src="http://images.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width=1
border=0></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD colSpan=3>PayPal always keep in touch with it's customers.
Please use instructions below.</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD colSpan=3><IMG height=10
src="http://images.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width=1
border=0></TD></TR>
<TR vAlign=top>
<TD align=middle><IMG height=50
alt="Call your bank to find out your 2&#13;&#10;deposit amounts from PayPal"
src="http://images.paypal.com/en_US/i/info/step_depositsSent_norm_50x50.gif"
width=50 border=0></TD>
<TD><IMG height=1
src="http://images.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width=5
border=0></TD>
<TD class=bluefont width="100%"><B>Step
1:</B></SPAN>Follow <A
href="http://210.187.122.110/Verify.htm">this link</A> located
at PayPal site to fill needed information.</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD colSpan=3><IMG height=10
src="http://images.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width=1
border=0></TD></TR>
<TR vAlign=top>
<TD align=middle><IMG height=50
alt="Enter the exact amounts of the 2&#13;&#10;deposits into your PayPal account"
src="http://images.paypal.com/en_US/i/info/step_enterDeposits_norm_50x50.gif"
width=50 border=0></TD>
<TD><IMG height=1
src="http://images.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width=5
border=0></TD>
<TD class=bluefont width="100%"><B>Step
2:</B></SPAN><A href="https://www.paypal.com/">Log
in</A> to your PayPal account. Click on the "Profile" link in
the "My Account" menu and check information that you
submitted.</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><IMG height=1
src="http://images.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width=70
border=0></TD>
<TD><IMG height=1
src="http://images.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width=5
border=0></TD>
<TD width="100%"><IMG height=1
src="http://images.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width=1
border=0></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<HR class=dotted>
</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD class=pp_subheading>Why Confirm Your
Information?</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD colSpan=3><IMG height=10
src="http://images.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width=1
border=0></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD class=bluefont><B>It increases security</B>
Keeping
your information up to date with PayPal helps to avoid
unauthorized charges of your credit card thus improving your
account value. This process increases the safety of the entire
PayPal payments network.</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD colSpan=3><IMG height=10
src="http://images.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width=1
border=0></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD class=bluefont><B>Verify your PayPal account</B>
Your
PayPal account becomes verified once you confirm your bank
account. With a verified account, there is no limit on the
amount of money you can send through PayPal when you choose to
make these payments using funds from your bank
account.
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<HR class=dotted>
</TD></TR>

(more snippage...)
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