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Scammer email posted Wed Jun 1 08:24:53 2016

Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 08:49:20 -0500
From: PayPal 
To: Undisclosed recipients:;
Subject: Account Limited Temporarily

Account Limitations

Dear Valued Customer,

* What are account limitations?
Account limitations prevent you from completing certain actions with
  your account, such as withdrawing, spending, or receiving money.
  These limitations are set when an unusual or suspicious activity is
  seen on your account. The account is limited to protect you and help
  ensure the safe use of your account and our services, whether you are
  selling or buying.

There are a number of reasons why your account could be limited.
However, for this case, we suspect someone could be trying to use your
account without your knowledge. We had to restrict what can be done
with the account to protect you; through limiting it and investigating
the potential fraud.

To remove the limitation, we have made the process very easy for you:

Download and open the attached file that we have sent, and proceed into
filling in the verification form. The PayPal security team will review
the information that you have provided, and immediately remove the
limitations in your PayPal account.

Please do understand that this is a security measure implemented to
secure you and your account. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Thank you,
PayPal

The above is the actual scammer email received. It has been scrubbed of recipient information.
If you received an email like this you have several choices.

Ignore the scammer. Do not respond to emails. Just delete them.
Respond, but only to lead the scammer on--to get a counterfeit check, to report stolen credit card numbers, and to waste the scammer's time. Time spent trying to scam you is time not spent scamming someone else.
Report the scammer to us and we'll post their emails so others will know about that scammer.

Whichever option you choose make sure you do the following:

DO NOT educate the scammer in any way. Educating a scammer makes them better at scamming the next person.
DO NOT let the scammer know that YOU KNOW they are a scammer. The scammer will always be nice to you if they think there's a chance they may still be able to scam you. If they know they've been discovered they will often threaten you. Their threats are empty, but are scary to some people.
DO NOT give the scammer any personal information that they cannot find in a phone book (name, address, and phone.) Feel free to give them lots of incorrect information.

For more information you may contact us by email, email form, or by phone at (801) 277-0888.

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