I have received an email supposedly from paypal. They have asked me to follow a link to reactivate my account. My account is active as I used it to pay for goods at lunchtime today. I believe this email to be spoof but before I report it I want to make sure.
Firstly if the email/ text addressed you as ''Dear Member'' / ''Customer'' / ''Client'' OR your ''email address'' then that confirms its a spoof as paypal would address you by your full name eg Dear John Smith.
Secondly if there was a link OR attachment in that email to ''cancel'' the transaction or ''confirm'' any details then again it would be a spoof.
If there was a problem with your account paypal would not ask you to click on an unsafe link in an email or by downloading an attachment, they would direct you to log in normally and go to the resolution or the message centre for more information.
Many thanks for your quick and helpful advice. I definitely believe this to be too good to be true and you know what they say about that, it probably is. It's good to have someone out there who can help identify these spoofs.
