Received and email Account has been used without your permission

[ler4eto]

Hi, 

I received an email Account has been used without your permission which I believe is not legitimate. It is sent from an email ending yachay.digital and states 

PAYPAL SECURE

We have reason to believe that your  account has been used fraudulently without your permission. In addition, any unauthorized activity, has been canceled and any associated fees have been credited to your account. Any listings that we removed are included toward the end of this email. We assure you that your financial information is securely stored on a server and cannot be seen by anyone.

To secure your  account, you need to:

1 Click on the Button Below

2Log In Enter email and password

3 Verify Your Informations To Activate Your Account

Since it looked suspicious, I just logged into my paypal account separately to see if I can actually log in as if my account was suspended I would assume password would be blocked too. I was able to log in. Has anyone else received such email and am I right this is a spam. what are recommended steps to ensure no one actually got into my account? I did check my activity tab and don't see any unauthorized payments.

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@ler4eto

Its a spoof, DO NOT USE ANY LINK.

Firstly if the email addressed you as ''Dear Member'' / ''Customer'' / ''Client'' OR your ''email address'' then that confirms its a spoof as paypal would address you by your full name eg Dear John Smith.

Secondly if there was a link OR attachment in that email to ''cancel'' the transaction or ''confirm'' any details then again it would be a spoof.

If there was a problem with your account paypal would not ask you to click on an unsafe link in an email or by downloading an attachment, they would direct you to log in normally and go to the resolution or the message centre for more information.

More info here >>
https://www.paypal.com/us/selfhelp/article/how-to-spot-fake-emails-faq2340/2

[ler4eto]

Thanks for confirming