Email Scam Titled: Un-authorized activity in Your PayPal

[UserinDC]

PayPal Users, beware of emails that look like this!  Instead of clicking on the link in the email, I went directly to my PayPal account and confirmed that there were no "Un-authorized Activity" in my account.

PayPal, please investigate this fraudulent email.  I was not able to include the email address that this came from but can provide if you need it.

Subject:  Un-authorized activity in Your PayPal

Dear PayPal ­Custo­mer,
We dete­cted som­eth­ing un­u­sual about a rec­ent sign-­­in to the PayPal account. To he­lp kep y­ou safe, we req­uire­d an ex­tra security cha­llenge.

Sign­-in deta­ils:  

Country/region: Shenzhen, China

IP addres: 15.152.89.15

Date: 2/8/2018 4:16:20 PM (GMT)

If this ­­­­­was yo­u, then you can safe­ly ignore this email.

If you're ­­not sure this was you, a ma­licious user might have your ­­­­­password. Pl­ease­­­­ re­view your rece­nt act­ivity an­d­­­­­­ we'll ­­­he­lp you take ­corrective action.

Review recent activity
 

To help protect your account, access will remain li­­mited until you complete the necessary steps. The security of your PayPal account is a top priority for us and we want to work together to help pr­­otect it.

Since­­­­­rely, 

PayPal

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If you have not done so already:

* Forward the entire email to:    spoof@paypal.com.
* Do not alter the subject line or forward the message as an attachment.
* Delete the suspicious email from your inbox.
* Never click on any links within the email or open any attachments.