
ATTENTION: Protect Yourself from Fraudulent Emails and Websites Dear Trader Huang, Thank you for contacting PayPal. Thank you for bringing this suspicious email to our attention. We can confirm that the email you received was not sent to you by PayPal. The website linked to this email is not a registered URL authorized or used by PayPal. We are currently investigating this incident fully. Please do not enter any personal or financial information into this website. If you have surrendered any personal or financial information to this fraudulent website, you should immediately log into your PayPal Account and change your password and secret question and answer information. Any compromised financial information should be reported to the appropriate parties. If you notice any unauthorized activity associated with your PayPal transaction history, please immediately report this to PayPal by following the instructions below: 1. Log in to your account at https://www.paypal.com/ by entering your email address and password into the Member Log In box 2. Click on the Security Center at the bottom of the page 3. Click on 'Report a Problem' 4. Select the Topic: Report Fraud 5. Select the Subtopic: Unauthorized use of my PayPal Account 6. Enter your question in the 'Summarize your question in one sentence' box 7. Click Continue 8. Follow the instructions to access the appropriate form If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us again. Sincerely, PayPal Account Review Department ************************************************ This email is sent to you by the contracting entity to your User Agreement, either PayPal Inc or PayPal (Europe) Limited. PayPal(Europe) Limited is authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority in the UK as an electronic money institution. ************************************* PayPal and its representatives will NEVER ask you to reveal your password. There are NO EXCEPTIONS to this policy. If anyone claiming to work for PayPal asks for your password under any circumstances, by email or by phone, please refuse and immediately contact us via webform at https://www.paypal.com/wf/f=sa_pass. *************************************************** Phony Email to me: Original Message Follows: ------------------------- PayPal Review Team <review-team@paypaI.com> wrote: From: "PayPal Review Team" To: Subject: traderhuang@yahoo.com your account will be compromised! Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 19:11:27 +0200 Dear traderhuang@yahoo.com, Recently, our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance with PayPal's User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been compromised, access to your account was limited. Your account access will remain limited until this issue has been resolved. This is a fraud prevention measure meant to ensure that your account is not compromised. Case ID Number: PP-046-631-789 We encourage you to log in and restore full access as soon as possible.Should access to your account remain limited for an extended period of time, it may result in further limitations on the use of your account or may result in eventual account closure. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience. To keep your account active, login on our SSL secure server: http://210.222.212.229/www/blc/main/www/online.paypal.com/webscr /paypal_ login-run/SSLsecure/index.php?redir= (Phony Link) Sincerely, PayPal Account Review Department PayPal Email ID PP576 -_______________________________________________ Washington Mutual Bank or Any banks: Thank you for contacting Washington Mutual. We are aware of recent "phishing" scams targeting our customers. Most of the scams involve the use of fraudulent email messages which appear to be from your bank or another trusted business. The email may employ fraudulent Web sites to trick people into sharing personal financial information, such as account numbers, passwords, Social Security numbers and other data. We would like to assure you that Washington Mutual was not compromised and we do not send email messages or make phone calls asking for your personal financial information. When we learn of phishing scams, we work aggressively with law enforcement agencies to investigate them and shut down the fake Web sites. To do your part to keep your information safe, please remember to: - Be suspicious of emails with urgent requests for personal financial information. - Do not fill out forms in email messages that ask for personal financial information. - Do not reply to email messages that ask for personal financial information. - Avoid using links in email to get to Web pages, especially if you suspect a message might not be authentic. - Ensure that you only use secure Web sites to submit credit card or other sensitive information. - Regularly check your bank, credit and debit card statements to ensure that all transactions are legitimate. For more information regarding phishing and protecting your personal information, visit our Web site at www.wamu.com. Please do not reply to this email. Thank you, Washington Mutual |

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