Paypal account breached?

WillSparkes
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Hi there,

 

Today I checked my emails to see a receipt from paypal of $32.61 sent to eBay inc, support@ ebay . com but I don't even use ebay and haven't even recently bought anything using paypal.

 

I feel as though this is a breach of my account and was wondering what the best way to go about this issue.

 

thanks

 

-William

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I_know_nothing
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Is the email receipt actually from PayPal?

 

It might be a phishing email - made to look as though it's from PayPal. The sender hopes that you will click a link in the email and attempt to sign-in to a fake PayPal web page. Thereby, giving away your account details.

 

A genuine PayPal email will always have your full name in the greeting. A fake email will usually have something generic, like "Dear PayPal customer".

 

If it is a fake email, forward it to spoof@paypal.com and then delete it.

 

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