Just received a PayPal scam email. I've annotated the screenshots to show some signs to look for if you've received a suspicious email too.

Been getting a lot of these too the past couple of weeks (to an email address which doesn't even have a PayPal account linked to it).

Here is a part of the response you get when you forward one of the emails to [email protected]

Paypal Will Always: - Address our customers by their first and last name or business name of their PayPal account Paypal Will Never: - Send an email to: "Undisclosed Recipients" or more than one email address - Ask you to download a form or file to resolve an issue - Ask in an email to verify an account using Personal Information such as Name, Date of Birth, Driver's License, or Address - Ask in an email to verify an account using Bank Account Information such as Bank Name, Routing Number, or Bank Account PIN Number - Ask in an email to verify an account using Credit Card Information such as Credit Card Number or Type, Expiration Date, ATM PIN Number, or CVV2 Security Code - Ask for your full credit card number without displaying the type of card and the last two digits - Ask you for your full bank account number without displaying your bank name, type of account (Checking/Savings) and the last two digits - Ask you for your security question answers without displaying each security question you created - Ask you to ship an item, pay a shipping fee, send a Western Union Money Transfer, or provide a tracking number before the payment received is available in your transaction history READ! Any time you receive an email about changes to your PayPal account, the safest way to confirm the email's validity is to log in to your PayPal account where any of the activity reported in the email will be available to view. DO NOT USE THE LINKS IN THE EMAIL RECEIVED TO VISIT THE PAYPAL WEBSITE. Instead, enter www.paypal.com into your browser to log in to your account.

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