Scam or not????

[Brian223]

I have just received this message from Paypal, I think:-

Security notice

We are writing to inform you about recent initiative taken by PayPal to secure our network against online fraud by authenticating our clients randomly on the basis of the threat level of their account.
Your account has been filtered by our system for authentication. Please view the possible events listed below for this cause

Possible events occurred
Log in attempts from an unusual or unrecognized device or location.

Requesting any operation using unusual pattern.

Too many incorrect log in attempts.

For security, all your account services are disabled until response has been received from you.

Please click "Authenticate now" button below to confirm your possesion.

Confirm now

Thank you,
PayPal

[theessoman · Accepted solution]

ignore it and look for the obvious spelling mistakes. i was told my account was closed and i've bought dozens of things with paypal since. SCAM - IGNORE IT!

cheers, theessoman.

[Jb6]

I have had scam e-mails then reported it and PayPal have said investigating it but had nothing back for weeks now. Is this because some many scam e-mails out there

[JoDaBo]

Had the same email. Tried logging into my account and was able to do so without any problem. This looks like a phishing email.