Beware of Scammers Phishing for your account info!

[CL_and1]

Fellow PayPalers,

I'd like to bring to the attention of the community about scammers who might be phishing for your account information. During this viral outbreak PayPal's official customer support is probably flooded with an increase of transactions so it seems there is an increase of people trying to take advantage of the chaos. I've received numerous emails from "PayPal" informing me of various issues related to my account and asked me to resolve it by following a provided link, which will then ask you to log in and input your account information. Those are probably scammers linking you to a domain that outwardly resembles the real PayPal but in actuality are gaining access to the information you've unknowingly provided. I've had a few close calls when I started to log in through their link and got suspicious and logged on to PayPal separately and saw nothing unusual. I quickly changed my password and lo and behold, I received an email the next day informing me that someone had tried to log into my account from a different country. 

I've attached a screenshot of a sample email I received from "PayPal". As you can see it looks very similar to the real PayPal so it's hard to tell. But if you are unsure please DO NOT use the provided link. Instead, log on to PayPal separately through their official log in page. And if you have already provided your account information through the provided link, it is best to change your account password right away.

All the best. Let's get through this pandemic together.

[Mejoare]

Hi @CL_and1 ,

Thank you for sharing this with other Paypal account holders. 

Also, if you had accidentally clicked on the link or opened such emails, make sure to change your passwords to any online accounts you have especially to your bank's online access. 

Paypal designated a team to shut down websites where this phishing emails are coming from, to help them you may forward the emails that you have received to spoof@paypal.com.