Text message scam I think..

[Athena-Mai]

While I was out today I received a text message from the UK mobile number 07761246186 
It said my PayPal had been temporarily locked and I have 36 hours to confirm the account information or my account will be closed. 
Then there's a link which takes me to the paypal log in page. 

I've come home and logged in to my PayPal from my laptop and clearly it has not been frozen since I'm on here writing this post.

So I'm presuming this is a scam trying to get people's account info. Has anyone else had this happen? 

[kernowlass]

@Athena-Mai

If its a spoof, DO NOT USE ANY LINK.

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.

More info here >>
https://www.paypal.com/us/selfhelp/article/how-to-spot-fake-emails-faq2340/2
https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/phishing