Is this a SCAM???

tobyjeff
New Community Member

I RECEIVED THIS EMAIL MESSAGE TODAY.  IS IT REALLY FROM PAYPAL??

 

We need your help resolving an issue with your account. To give us time to

work together on this, we've temporarily limited what you can do with your

account until the issue is resolved.

 

 

What's the problem?

 

We need a little bit more information about you and your account.

 

Case ID Number: PP-001-132-072-724

 

**link removed for safety**

 

Thanks,

Pay Pal

 

 

Copyright © 1999-2011 PayPal. All rights reserved.

 

PPID PP1589

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PayPal_Olivia
Moderator
Moderator

Hi tobyjeff, welcome to the forums!

 

I removed the link from your post, for everyone's safety.

 

You can tell that the link did not lead to PayPal, because when you hover your mouse pointer over it, the URL displayed in the lower left part of your browser shows a totally different domain.

 

Additionally, PayPal does not require you to click a link to log in. If ever you're in doubt, open a fresh browser window and type in paypal.com and log into your account from there. If there is no case in your Resolution Center, then the email was a fake.

 

You can always send a suspicious email to spoof@paypal.com, too.

 

I hope this helps!

 

Olivia

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rustynail1984
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dude i got a similar one, but i did what the girl said. i opend another browser and logged in just fine. so i guess it was a scam?

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