Paypal renew - is this a scam?

nrishiraj

I've received this from paypal, notice the [EMAIL="Service@PayPaL.com"]Service@PayPaL.com[/EMAIL].

I'm wary about this, is it a scam?


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From: [EMAIL="Service@PayPaL.com"]Service@PayPaL.com[/EMAIL]
Subject: Update Your Information
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:48:08 +0000
To:


Dear PayPal Member,

This is your official notification from Paypal Management that the service listed below will be deactivated and deleted if not renewed immediately. Previous notifications have been sent to the Billing Contact assigned to this account. As the Primary Contact, you must renew the service listed below or it will be deactivated and deleted.


Renew Now<http://pcaccessory.co.uk/~andrew/Service-PayPal.htm&gt; your PayPal Online Account


SERVICE: PayPal Online Account Renew
EXPIRATION: February, 18 2008


Thank you for using PayPal.
We appreciate your business and the opportunity to serve you.

PayPal Management.


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IMPORTANT PAYPAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
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Please do not reply to this message. For any inquiries, contact Paypal Management .
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westferret

I would say it's fake as it should come through as Dear (your name here) as that's how all mine have come through as plus also the capitals in the paypal part of the address as well. If want to know call paypal 'For general PayPal account inquires, please call us on freephone 08707 307 191' (https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f35bed810ca29224194ca8b1b097b671988f0ad0034239f22) and they should be able to help you more than on here

Hope this helps

Shambler

Yes it is...I knew it was a scam just by reading your thread title

Report it to paypal.

BenL

Yeah scam.

Paypal will always address it to you personally

Clicking on the link will take you to a non paypal phishing site.

eyelinerprincess

It's a fake, and you should send it to spoof@paypal.com.

The link doesn't even go anywhere near the paypal site either.

lesley1960

I had one from 'paypal' today ........if im bored i reply to them with false and very rude information , well it keeps me amused lol

ajdadd

"Now<http://pcaccessory.co.uk/~andrew/Service-&quot;

That is a scam, the website link is different. They have copied the email data from paypal themselves but i have never heard them linked to pcaccessory!

nrishiraj

Thanks for letting me know!

robnye

if in doubt i alwasy send them onto [EMAIL="spoof&#64;paypal.com"]spoof@paypal.com[/EMAIL] or [EMAIL="spoof&#64;ebay.com"]spoof@ebay.com[/EMAIL], if its ok, they will soon let you know

eyelinerprincess

I've separate folders for ebay and paypal correspondence. If it's fake it'll go into my inbox (which is more or less empty as I only use that account for ebay related stuff), or my junk email.

gooner045

The capital ' L' at the end of paypal gives it away