Fraudulent emails asking for my details.

Liz3
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I have been receiving this email...... Dear PayPal customer, PayPal is constantly working to ensure security by regularly screening the accounts in our system. We recently reviewed your account, and we need more information to help us provide you with secure service. Until we can collect this information, your access to sensitive account features will be limited. We would like to restore your access as soon as possible, and we apologize for the inconvenience. Why is my account access limited? Your account access has been limited for the following reason(s): We have reason to believe that your account was accessed by a third party. We have limited access to sensitive PayPal account features in case your account has been accessed by an unauthorized third party. We understand that having limited access can be an inconvenience, but protecting your account is our primary concern. Please proceed with account restoration: Restore Account If we do not receive the appropriate account verification within 24 hours, we will assume your account is fraudulent and will be suspended. Copyright © 1999-2015 PayPal. All rights reserved. PayPal (Europe) S.a r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. Societe en Commandite par Actions Registered office: 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxemburg RCS Luxemburg B 118 349 PayPaI, 22-24 Boulevard, Royal, Boulevard L-2449 Unsubscribe | Privacy policy I have been worried about my account being suspended but on checking the email address the email has come from: perretdoatgmx.com I cannot see that this would have anything to do with PayPal. Also, the email takes you to the supposedly PayPal website but the address is: <a href="http://aspirewhite.co.uk/as/87a22a4cae93760757d5acc9c81e324b/" target="_blank">http://aspirewhite.co.uk/as/87a22a4cae93760757d5acc9c81e324b/</a> Surely this is not correct? Many thanks Liz
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LoveCleanGroup
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We have received a similar email today from PayPal AT support DOT com stating:

 

"Your account has been limited until we hear from you. You Account Will Be Limited. 

Some information on your account appears to be missing or incorrect. Please update your information promtl so that you can continue to enjot all the benifits of your paypal account. If you don't update your information within 72 hours we'll limit. 

 

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The link goes to: http://https-update-youraccount-information-formunlock.lawoafrica.co.za/xsec/login/41de26d03852fad36..."

 

Do not click the link above. Any help with this? 

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PayPal_Conor
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Hi LoveCleanGroup,

 

Welcome to our Community and I'm sorry that you never received a response to this post.

 

That doesn't look like a genuine email to me. It encourages you to act immediately and doesn't seem to mention you by name: http://ow.ly/QhDGQ

 

If you still have it in your inbox, would you mind forwarding it to spoof@paypal.com? It would be a big help 🙂

 

Conor

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