I received the following e-mail from some person who claims that I sent them a request for payment. ""Good day! Yesterday I recieved a request for payment on my paypal account from user with your ID - [Redacted my email address] I expect you as the payment bill sender, as long as it contains your private info: [Redacted my name and physical address] The question is - where did you get confidential info about my account and why you decided to send an request for payment. I dont know who you are and I don't want to cause any sort of inconvenience. But my lawyer gave me recommendation to contact the police about your fraud letter. Anyway, I do not want to hurry up with this, and first of all, I'm going to find out all theessential info from you. I have attached the payment details in the text document below. To prevent accidental access file was password-protected 3546 I expect response and interaction from you as soon as you can. Best regards, [Redacted sender name]"" The e-mail contains both my Paypal e-mail and my real name and address, I searched the activity logs on Paypal but found no record of a transaction like that. Also I wonder how someone was able to get private info from my Paypal account. Needless to say I changed both my e-mail and Paypal passwords. The mail also had an attachment of some supposed "proof" but I haven't (and won't) touched it at all. The e-mail itself has a numeric username and comes from a "tiscali.co.za" domain which I haven't heard from before. Any help with this issue?
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