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    Clever Spam

    This one was actually quite well done. No obvious misspellings and very official looking

    Subject: Notification of Limited Account Access
    From: "PayPal" <[email protected]>

    Dear PayPal Member,

    As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the
    PayPal system.
    We recently noticed the following issue on your account:

    We would like to ensure that your account was not accessed by an
    unauthorized third party. Because protecting the security of your account
    is our primary concern, we have limited access to sensitive PayPal account
    features. We understand that this may be an inconvenience but please
    understand that this temporary limitation is for your protection.

    For your protection, we have limited access to your account until
    additional security measures can be completed. We apologize for any
    inconvenience this may cause.

    To review your account and restore your access, please visit PayPal as soon as possible:

    https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run

    We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand
    that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your
    account. We apologize for any inconvenience.

    Sincerely,
    PayPal Account Review Department


    PayPal Email ID PP521
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------

    Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be
    answered. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose the
    'Help' link in the header of any page.
    Note that the link above actually points to
    "http://www.paypal.com%20cgi-bin%20webscr%20cmd--secure-amp-sh-u%20%20https.spamfilter.footgasm.com/https/www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr_cmd=_login-run/index.html"

    links disabled for any of who would be foolish enough to randomly click at anything blue and underlined

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    Moonlight shadow asheep_uk's Avatar
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    Quite clever, that might fool some of the better among us. I've just always told my parents, if it doesn't have your name on it, delete it.

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    Retired SCORM Guru PAlexC's Avatar
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    footgasm? ew.
    "What really bugs me is that my mom had the audacity to call Flash Kit a bunch of 'inept jack-asses'." - sk8Krog
    ...and now I have tape all over my face.

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    That stood out to you too?

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    Phantom Flasher... Markp.com's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by PAlexC
    footgasm? ew.
    Don't knock it till you've tried it...

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    iv seen some videos where a girl and a guy well lets just say i'd let it happen just to see how it went.
    GhooooostGIrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl
    https://signup.leagueoflegends.com?ref=4b5493e6c7342
    use the link above if you download league of legends.

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    I get tons of these letters,
    I've started getting them around a year ago. At first it was Washington Mutual, then there was Fleet, then e-bay now PayPal. Darn spammers!

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