Fraudulent Email Warning for Paypal Users!

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This just happened to me today!

I received an email today from paypal saying they had randomly picked my account for an audit and I needed to verify all my information. It said if I didn't respond, then I would be in violation of the TOS and it could result in the cancellation of my account.

I was tipped off though, because it did not come to my primary paypal email, instead it was sent to a spam email. I immediately looked at the headers and realized it was also not sent from paypal at all.

You can report these by forwarding the email to [Only registered and activated users can see links. Either login above or Register Now]

I immediately forwarded it to them and just got a response back:

Dear ,

Thank you for contacting PayPal.

We appreciate you bringing this suspicious email to our attention. We
can confirm that the email you received was not sent to you by PayPal.
The website linked to this email is not a registered URL authorized or
used by PayPal. We are currently investigating this incident fully.
Please do not enter any personal or financial information into this
website.

If you have surrendered any personal or financial information to this
fraudulent website, you should immediately log into your PayPal Account
and change your password and secret question and answer information. Any
compromised financial information should be reported to the appropriate
parties.

If you notice any unauthorized activity associated with your PayPal
transaction history, please immediately report this to PayPal by
following the instructions below:

1. Log in to your account at [Only registered and activated users can see links. Either login above or Register Now] by entering
your email address and password into the Member Log In box

2. Click on Security Center at the bottom of the page

3. Click on the 'Unauthorized Transaction' link under the Report a
Problem column

4. Please follow the instructions in order to access the appropriate
form

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us again.

Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department



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This
email is sent to you by the contracting entity to your User Agreement,
either PayPal Inc or PayPal (Europe) Limited. PayPal(Europe) Limited is
authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority in the UK
as an electronic money institution.

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PayPal and its representatives will NEVER ask you to reveal your
password. There are NO EXCEPTIONS to this policy. If anyone claiming to
work for PayPal asks for your password under any circumstances, by email
or by phone, please refuse and immediately contact us via webform at
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Either login above or Register Now].





I know I am not the only one on here who uses paypal, so I wanted to alert everyone that these are going around again. If you receive one, please report it immediately and then delete it. Do not respond.

Paypal email also always comes addressed to you, not your email username or anything else.