I received an email purporting to be from PayPal on April 30, 2018.
The big headline read “Action Needed on Your Account” and went on to say: “We periodically review your PayPal Credit account and will need your annual income after taxes to help determine if you are eligible for future credit line increases. If we don't have this information, we may not be able to increase your credit line in the future. Providing your annual income after taxes only takes a moment, and all the information you provide is securely protected.”
Then a nice big blue UPDATE NOW button. Verrrryyyy suspicious, right? So I logged into my PayPal account to see if there was perhaps a corresponding message. Nothing! Even more suspicious, right? So then I called PayPal and was told by a nice customer service person named Lamar that, yes indeed, that was a for real, valid email from PayPal.
I was, and still am, flabbergasted. My question to the Community is... was I right to be suspicious of that email, and the fact that there was nothing on the website that even hinted at the action needed?
