email scam

[VintageUser]

I received the following email today.  I am certain it is fake.  Is there someone at PayPal I should notify or forward the email to?

Dear PP user,

Recently we reminded you that you had limited time to respond 
with
information regarding a transaction that may involve funds from 
an
unauthorised source. Since you have not responded, we will 
continue our
investigation without your input.


For additional details, please log in to your PayPal account at :

http://www.cetcmems.com/en/usPayPalLogIntoPayPalaccount/PPLogIn.htm










Yours sincerely, 
PP Protection Services Department

[sharpiemarker]

Scammerino!

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@VintageUser

Paypal never address you as Dear paypal user OR member OR anything else.

They always address you as Dear and your full forename and surname eg Dear John Smith.

Also paypal would never tell you to log in via a link in an email, they would tell you to log in normally and go to the resolution centre.

Send to spoof@paypal.com

[Wrightywright69]

Your Account PayPal Hash Been Limited

Dear costumer, We noticed unusual activity in your PayPal account,you need to take action to restore your PayPal account. Until you do, your access is limited. What's going on? What to do next Please log in to your PayPal account using the link below and complete the steps to confirm your identity and recent account activity. To help protect your account, access will remain limited until you complete the necessary steps.

[Whac-A-Mole]

mispellings-HASH,costomer !

always look at the IP address,it should end with paypal dot com.

[Sinders]

I received same email and reported it to PayPal, this was followed by another email few days later, see below,referring to me by name as PayPal do in there emails, so you cannot assume emails that say they are from PayPal are. i logged into PayPal by another browser to check if anything was wrong with my account, nope, everything fine. Reported this to PayPal also.

 
Subject: Activity Limited

 
Security notice
 
Dear  
 
We are writing to inform you about recent initiative taken by PayPal to secure our network against online fraud by authenticating our clients randomly on the basis of the threat level of their account.
Your account has been filtered by our system for authentication. Please view the possible events listed below for this cause
 
 
 
Possible events occurred
Log in attempts from an unusual or unrecognized device or location.
 
Requesting any operation using unusual pattern.

Too many incorrect log in attempts.
 

For security, all your account services are disabled until response has been received from you.

Please click "Authenticate now" button below to confirm your possesion.

Confirm now

Thank you,
PayPal

Date : 12-NOV-2016

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