Paypal email - is this a scam

Ms-Money-Penny

Just received this from "Paypal", i assume its a scam?


Verify your PayPal Account

Dear xxxx ,

PayPal will discontinue your account services . If you have created a PayPal account, the information you stored in it would be deleted from the PayPal database in the next 48 hours.
To protect your account , and to continue using your PayPal Account , you must Confirm your PayPal Account within the next 48 hours to verify your participation.. Failure to do so might result in permanent suspension & Deletion of your account.

Click the link below to open a secure browser window.
Confirm that you're the owner of the account, and then follow the instructions.
Verify your account now

If your bank account stays 'unverified' for over a period of days, it will be permanently deleted. This delay is necessary to discourage users from engaging in fraudulent activity.

Additionally, due to the limited number of names available, we may allow other users to sign up for and use your current e-mail name after your account has been permanently deleted.



Help Centre | Security Centre
This email was sent by an automated system, so if you reply, nobody will see it. To get in touch with us, log in to your account and click "Contact Us" at the bottom of any page.
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theonlywayisup

If your account needs verifying the easiest way to check is to log into it.

Never follow links from emails.

MacsReturns

Scam - it has all the hallmarks. Time pressure, poorly written, silly notions...

Hover your cursor over the link, it will reveal the URL it points to. It will look unusual. As theonlywayisup says, always log into PayPal with a new window/tab by typing in the address or use a known safe bookmark - even if the email is genuine, it's a good habit to get into.

This email is just after your bank account details. The threat to let someone else use your 'email name' is total nonsense.

It's worth forwarding the mail to PayPal's 'suspicious emails' link so they know what's going on.

prowla

MacsReturns wrote: »

Scam - it has all the hallmarks. Time pressure, poorly written, silly notions...

Hover your cursor over the link, it will reveal the URL it points to. It will look unusual. As theonlywayisup says, always log into PayPal with a new window/tab by typing in the address or use a known safe bookmark - even if the email is genuine, it's a good habit to get into.

This email is just after your bank account details. The threat to let someone else use your 'email name' is total nonsense.

It's worth forwarding the mail to PayPal's 'suspicious emails' link so they know what's going on.

Wot he said...

Ms-Money-Penny

Thanks for your replies. I logged into Paypal but everything was fine. It made me suspicious due to the fact they were giving my email address away. Will forward to Paypal.

Thanks for the advice.

JimmyTheWig

Ms-Money-Penny wrote: »

Additionally, due to the limited number of names available, we may allow other users to sign up for and use your current e-mail name after your account has been permanently deleted.

This doesn't even make sense, does it??

[I agree it's a scam!]

StuC75

Also as a uk User, the paypal registration info should be for Luxembourg , not California...

I do chuckle at there official 'Recent Paypal activity, virtual supermakes plus exclusive offers' emails that they do sent out -- way to give scammers a 'proper' template to work from!