I got this email today too and as I have not used Skype myself but my wife and daughter do I thought it was a genuine PayPal message, so I clicked the link at the bottom of the email and it took me to a convincing page that looked like PayPal. I put in user name, address details card details and bank details. It was a few hours later I mentioned it to my daughter and she told me Skype was completely free. I searched for this as a scam and came to this page. Now after realising I have been scammed and given all me details out i have had to have my bank card cancelled, and change my password on eBay, PayPal and hotmail accounts. Thankfully I cannot see any money taken from my accounts so far. PayPal could help on this by emailing all of their customers that this scam is going around. Usually I don't fall and can spot scams quite well, but this time I was very easily sucked in. What a hassle it's been to change everything
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