Help!! Email says I have added another email address to my account

[jelly-belly]

i have received this morning an email [to my email address] saying that i have added another email address to my paypal account, and to take a minute to confirm this email address is mine..

the email was sent to my email address but the name it is addressed to "Dear XX" is not mine and i have never heard of the name or the email address that is to be added to my account..

Please help!!!

[kernowlass]

Could well be a spoof ...don't click on the link or you could give a scammer your log in info.

Go and log in normally to your paypal account and see if there is another email addy added.

[jelly-belly]

have checked account and the email address isnt there...should i change my password??!!

[kernowlass]

Did you click on the link on the email???

If you did then yes change your password and security questions.

[jelly-belly]

i did click on the link that said if i did not add this email, let us know straight away

[kernowlass]

Then you probably gave you log in info away to a spoof site.

Change your password and security questions.

Check your bank account and check no one has set up a direct debit on it.

[jelly-belly]

I just changed my details.The email received to confirm this are identical to the one received this morning saying that i had added a new email address..

[jelly-belly]

does paypal have an email address i could forward the email to that I received to check it out for me?? 

[kernowlass]

Yep.

spoof@paypal.com