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[S pack]

I don't have a Pay Pal account, however my wife did open one years ago but she can't remember if she used mine or her email addy as the account ID. The following is regarding my email ID for the account.

Anyone else gotten one of these?

 

 

Dear PayPal Id xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

     

Your account was accessed from a device we did not recognize. If you did not access your account, please view your sign in activity.

 

To help protect your PayPal Account, we notify you about unusual account activity, such as sign-ins or password changes from unfamiliar locations and devices.

 

Your account is temporarily locked.We don`t recognize the device you`re using. Please confirm your identity to keep your account safe go to sign in.

 

Questions? There are lots of answers on our PayPal ID support page

 

Thanks,

PayPal Customer Support

Edited by S pack, 11 March 2015 - 08:10 AM.

[Shiney005]

I use Paypal all the time and have never had a message like that come up. They don't care what device I am using, as long as they get their interest. My advice would be to not click on any links and delete it.

[76lxhatch]

Multiple Sign In links are always a bad sign (fishing for your password), not to mention the last link goes to "privateholding.com/a/www.php" which is clearly not Paypal.

 

edit: Skap you can't rely on the sender email address, its as easy to forge that as it is to write someone else's name on the back of an envelope

Edited by 76lxhatch, 11 March 2015 - 09:09 AM.

[Covert]

Definently a scam, I've also had something similar from someone claiming to be paypal, the email had the PayPal logo but looked dodge as

[WhaleOilBeefHooked]

Easiest way to identify is close email and log in to your P/P account, If it's from them you'll read about it......

[N/A-PWR]

+1^ Andrew,

 

Paypal will never ask you for any personal information,

 

so all you do is, got to a new browser and type in www.paypal.com.au

[UCgazman]

....not to mention the last link goes to "privateholding.com/a/www.php" which is clearly not Paypal.

 

^Easiest way to pick a scam. If its not paypal.com dont click it!

[S pack]

Thanks for the confirmation fellas, I haven't clicked on any of the links as I suspected it was a scam.

[jd lj]

I'd forward the email to PayPal and tell them you think it's a scam and see what they have to say. We did this once and they confirmed it. It also means that they know what they're up against..

[WhaleOilBeefHooked]

[email protected] will fully investigate that email for you......