Unsolicitied email saying "account setup is now complete."

[aussieonetoo]

I already have a paypal account, and received an email from paypal saying

Your information has been verified

We were able to verify the information you provided, and your account setup is now complete.

Thanks for taking the time to verify your information and helping to keep your account secure.

This is quite alarming, I presume someone has setup a fake account and given my email address, or the email is an eloborate phishing scam.

However, as far as I can see the email did originate from paypal and the links in the email seem to be to paypal.

My email client blocks the download of images and the clicking of links in emails, so I have not clicked on any of the links

[Lalunaserenity]

I just got exactly the same email....it's all very odd

[aussieonetoo]

@Lalunaserenity

When did you get the email. Mine is dated at 03:18 this morning. (not sure what timezone but I presume its Australian eastern)

I'd not be surprised if this is a mistake by Palpay, when running some internal update.

But its still concerning.

[Lalunaserenity]

Mine is from 3:32am this morning & yes I'm thinking it was probably was sent Australia eastern time....I'm definitely hoping it's a mistake by Paypal fingers crossed.... but definitely very concerning

[aussieonetoo]

I've left a message with Palpal's  automated chat system.

I've asked for the problem to be referred to a human, but I'm not sure how long it will take for someone to respond. 

I think its possible to phone them as well, but I'll see how things go with the chat system first, as I otherwise I could be on hold for ages on the phone

[Lalunaserenity]

I've pretty much done the same thing as well as change my password etc hopefully they'll get back to us soon with what exactly is going on

[aussieonetoo]

Good idea.

I'll change my password, however I don't think its likely to have been compromised as its a very long random thing.

[Lalunaserenity]

Lol mine is to but better safe than sorry...

[aussieonetoo]

Yep.

I changed my password now.

[aussieonetoo]

Still no reply to my message to Palpal.

To be honest, I don't use the account that much anymore, and may now consider closing it as  security risk.