Is this a PayPal scam??
keets
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I received the following message via my e-mail and wondered if it's anything others may have received or recognize? What I did was open another window and logged-in to my PayPal account which was of course normal and I wasn't "provided with steps to restore your account access" or anything else. I thought I should warn everyone to be careful and to never log-in to your account off of an e-mail such as this.
Thanks.
Al H.
........................As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal
system. We recently contacted you after noticing an issue on your account.
We requested information from you for the following reason:
A recent review of your account determined that we require some additional
information from you in order to provide you with secure service.
Case ID Number: PP-495-851-986
This is a second reminder to log in to PayPal as soon as possible. Once you log
in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access.
Be sure to log in securely by using the following link:
Click here to login and restore your account access
Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your
account access. We appreciate your understanding as we work to ensure account
safety.
In accordance with PayPal's User Agreement, your account access will remain
limited until the issue has been resolved. Unfortunately, if access to your
account remains limited for an extended period of time, it may result in further
limitations or eventual account closure. We encourage you to log in to your
PayPal account as soon as possible to help avoid this.
To review your account and some or all of the information that PayPal used to
make its decision to limit your account access, please visit the Resolution
Center. If, after reviewing your account information, you seek further
clarification regarding your account access, please contact PayPal by visiting
the Help Center and clicking "Contact Us".
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
Thanks.
Al H.
........................As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal
system. We recently contacted you after noticing an issue on your account.
We requested information from you for the following reason:
A recent review of your account determined that we require some additional
information from you in order to provide you with secure service.
Case ID Number: PP-495-851-986
This is a second reminder to log in to PayPal as soon as possible. Once you log
in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access.
Be sure to log in securely by using the following link:
Click here to login and restore your account access
Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your
account access. We appreciate your understanding as we work to ensure account
safety.
In accordance with PayPal's User Agreement, your account access will remain
limited until the issue has been resolved. Unfortunately, if access to your
account remains limited for an extended period of time, it may result in further
limitations or eventual account closure. We encourage you to log in to your
PayPal account as soon as possible to help avoid this.
To review your account and some or all of the information that PayPal used to
make its decision to limit your account access, please visit the Resolution
Center. If, after reviewing your account information, you seek further
clarification regarding your account access, please contact PayPal by visiting
the Help Center and clicking "Contact Us".
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
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I logged into my PayPal account on another computer (just because i'm extra paranoid and have other computers handy).
Nothing amiss with my account.
Isn't that special?
The rule which bears repeating:
NEVER click on ANY LINK in an email. NEVER.
Keets did exactly the right thing.
<< <i>I got one of those once too.
I logged into my PayPal account on another computer (just because i'm extra paranoid and have other computers handy).
Nothing amiss with my account.
Isn't that special?
The rule which bears repeating:
NEVER click on ANY LINK in an email. NEVER.
Keets did exactly the right thing. >>
Absolutely! Positively! Never click on anything you get in an e-mail. Never!!
JT
I collect all 20th century series except gold including those series that ended there.
Positive BST Transactions: kalshacon
so it ranks above a 1, our lowest score, one the phishing rating.
Unfortunately, due to its repetitiveness and a couple of poorly worded sentences, it only grades a 2, as it is still obviously a bs'ing phishing scam.
keep trying!
<< <i>No, it is not a paypal scam. It is a scammer pretending to be paypal. --Jerry >>
Agreed
I used to have a Paypal account back in 1998-2001 but long after I closed my account, I still receiving email with "fake" Paypal link asking me to login and identify myself because unauthorized users were trying to access my account. Why and how someone could try to access the account which was no longer there, what a joke.
NEVER copy a URL from an email to login either.
<< <i>Got the same email yesterday. I don't open any of these and forward them to spoof@paypal.com then delete. >>
is to simply log into the appropriate account and if the 'email' is legit
the same email will be there.
Steve
<< <i>All anyone ever needs to do when they get ebay or PP 'emails'
is to simply log into the appropriate account and if the 'email' is legit
the same email will be there.
Steve >>
Windows mail is sending most of mine right to the junk mail folder. I get several a week but they are slowing down, probably because so many of the mail programs are filtering them out that they aren't working anymore. --Jerry
don't you just mean PayPal is a scam?
Lance.
And I get these all the time... SCAM!
Steve
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