Hi guys and gals
I just got off the phone with PayPal in regard to a very official looking e mail I received stating that there had been a problem with someone trying to hijack my PayPal info. Rather than try to explain the e mail I have copied and pasted it into this posting so you can see what it actually looks like. PayPal says that any correspondence they send to a customer will be addressed personally and not as "Dear valued PayPal Customer" They asked me to forward this to their fraud division via e mail and I did. A lot of us depend upon PayPal to send and receive funds so just wanted to give you all a heads up...here is the actual e mail....ALSo DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHED FILE WITH THE E MAIL
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Dear PayPal Account Holder,
As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in
the PayPal system. We recently contacted you after noticing an
issue on your account.
We requested information from you for the following reason:
We recently received a report of unauthorized credit card use
associated with this account. As a precaution, we have limited
your online account access in order to protect against future
unauthorized transactions.
Case ID Number: PP-859-48-3971
This is a reminder to restore your account as soon as possible.
Please download the form attached to this email and open it in a
web browser. Once opened, you will be provided with steps to
restore your account access. We appreciate your understanding as
we work to ensure account safety.
In accordance with PayPal User Agreement, your account access
will remain unauthorized until the issue has been resolved.
Unfortunately, if access to your account remains unauthorized for an
extended period of time, it may result in eventual account closure.
We encourage you to restore your PayPal
account as soon as possible to help avoid this. We thank you for
your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this
is a security measure intended to help protect you and your
account. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Sincerely,
PayPal
You are receiving this email notification because this email address is listed as the administrative contact email for your PayPal account.
Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. Please download the attache PayPal Form and complete the filled and click on Submit button.
PayPal Email ID PP076
Case ID Number: PP-859-48-3971