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Meow


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I received the following information from PayPal at my work email address. It concerns me because my credit card has NOT been lost as they are saying in this message.  I am also concerned because the link they sent me did not work and there are some misspelled words in this message. I found the mistake in the link--it started out "https:// " instead of "http"//" and when I fixed it, I went directly to paypal.   Do you think this message is legitimate?  I am concerned because it was sent to my email address at work and I never gave that address to them.  When I have purchased items through paypal, they always respond to my home email address.  What should I do?


 


PayPal is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community of customers. To protect the security of your account, PayPal employs some of the most advanced security systems in the world and our anti-fraud teams regularly screen the PayPal system for unusual activity.

We are contacting you to remind you that on 19 June 2005 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.

To secure your account and quickly restore full access, we may require some additional information from you for the following reason:

We have been notified that a card associated with your account has been reported as lost or stolen, or that there were additional problems with your card.


This process is mandatory, and if not completed within the nearest time your account or credit card may be subject for temporary suspension.

To securely confirm your PayPal information please click on the link bellow:



<There was a link here that did not work>



We encourage you to log in and perform the steps necessary to restore your account access as soon as possible. Allowing your account access to remain limited for an extended period of time may result in further limitations on the use of your account and possible account closure.

For more information about how to protect your account please visit PayPal Security Center. We apologize for any incovenience this may cause, and we apriciate your assistance in helping us to maintain the integrity of the entire PayPal system.



Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team



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RyanJ


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It is a fake email. Go to Pay pal fake email page and report it. They will send you back an email confirming that the email was not from them.

I got one pretty similar to the one you got. They sent it to my school email address which I never use for paypal, so I figured it was a fake. I alereted pay pal of it and they sent me back an email in about 2 hours.

-- Edited by RyanJ at 11:02, 2005-06-20

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Meow


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Thank you--that is what I did.

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laken1


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I get these ALL THE TIME - especially when I post new items or bid on ebay - you can read about spoof emails in the ebay help section - they will tell you exactly what emails from them (or paypal) look like - basically these people can't /shouldn't be able to access your data without your passwords, which is what they will get if you respond. As with any credible financial institution, they will never ask you to provide this kind of info via email. It's always a scam.

My favorite is when they spelled "May" "M-A-I" on mine - i usually respond back to these with a "stop sending me these fraudulent emails you jerk, I have reported you to ebay" & I get back messages saying they were undeliverable. Go figure.


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Cortney1982


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Never click the links on these e-mails.  They can infect your computer with viruses and spyware!  Just ignore them.  Replying to them is not a good idea either.

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