Is This a scam????

mrmick
Contributor
Contributor

I have recieved the email below. I did click on the link but my Kaspersky warned me it was dangerous.

Any thoughts please.

 

Mick

 

 

 

Dear PayPal customer,

It has come to our attention that yourPayPal®account information needs to be updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into any future problems with the online service

To update your PayPal account records click on the following link:

https://cms.paypal.com/cgi-bin/marketingweb?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=security/online_security_...

This is an outbound message only. Please do not reply to this email. If you have any questions, please refer to our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), or contact us. You will receive a response within 2 business days.

Thank you,

 

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PayPal_Andy
Moderator
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mrmick-  Yeah, that is a known phishing email.  Someone else posted it on here as well, but I can't find it now (I make too many posts :)).  If you still have the email, you can forward it to spoof@paypal.com and we'll confirm that.  Since you clicked the link, I would also run a virus scan, just to make sure you didn't pick up anything bad.  But if you didn't log in or provide any information, you should be fine otherwise.

 

Andy

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