Text messages fraud

[dochlldy]

I just received a text message telling me my account has been restricted and I need to provide my information to a link they provided.Does PayPal send these kind of messages through a text instead of an email?

[Amadams]

I got the exact text at 4.52 am. I have a dispute claim with paypal and thought it might have to do with that. Instead of clicking on the link i messaged the paypal assistant and they said i had no limitation on my account. Did yours say within 24 hours respond?

[PayPal_Ayesha]

Hello @dochlldy and @Amadams,

Welcome to PayPal Community Forum and thank you for posting!

I understand you're worried about the notification that you have received and I know it must be concerning. To verify if the message you received is really from PayPal, log in to your PayPal account securely by typing www.paypal.com into your browser's address bar and going to your Resolution Center. Your Resolution Center will contain information on any account issues we may have contacted you about. If you still have the notifications, please forward them to phishing@paypal.com. If you happened to click on any of the links in the notifications, please change your PayPal password and security questions at your earliest convenience by following the steps in this help center article.

You may want to first run a virus scan, just to make sure that you didn't pick something up from clicking any links. You can also read more about how to spot fake emails here by clicking on this link.

I hope this information helps,
Ayesha