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Recieved this today does this seem legit or not. I opened a PayPal account several years ago and never used it at all so I'm wondering if this is legit or not, anyone?

 

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Dear Paypal User,
We emailed you a little while ago to ask for your help resolving an issue
with your PayPal account. Your account is still temporarily limited because
we haven't heard from you.
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I don't know whether it is a scam or not but I would never click on the link in the email.  If you want to contact PayPal, type the link yourself in the address bar or use your own bookmark for PayPal.  You can also send the email to PayPal and ask them if it is authentic.  But never click on the link in the email.

 

Good Luck...

Earl

The phrase in the message you received should tell you this is a bogus email.  Someone doesn't know proper English grammar when they use the term "to active your PayPal account."

 

"activate" would be the proper term, and while someone at PayPal may be ignorant, most companies send out properly worded emails.  That improper word alone would cause me to be cautious and ignore this.

 

 

 

 

I don't feel good about this email.

 

Dump it. Please dont click the link. The bad English (And I am one who writes rather badly...) is a giveaway.

 

If you actually OPENED PayPal a while ago for yourself, you should be already up and running. Now I am not yet aware of any changes since I had PayPal myself. Back in my time it was usually a specific amount to report back to PP when your bank sees it in the account.

 

That is the other thing I wish to point out. I have always without fail, used a pay pal bank account that has absolutely NO connections with my main household and always returned to one dollar balance when a sale or buy is completed.

 

Sometimes if you open a email "With full Headers" and examine the origin IP and track it with a "Who is" look up or Ippages or similar you might find that the computer which sent it is not the same as the PayPal place.

 

The second concern is the phrase "Will not be interrupted and continue as normal" that smells to me "Social Engineering" attempt to induce you to feel better to click the link. I had a little bit of IT learning in security, just enough to be unsafe around computers other than my own.

 

the third concern regards your email post. "We never answer or reply to this email." now come on give me a break. Are we really that dense?

 

Be careful out there!

Definitely a scam.  They appear all the time.  The tipoff in this instance, as Bob Kazian noted, is the phrase "To active your account...."  You would never find that type of error in a legitimate e-mail from eBay or any other large, reputable, and legitimate organization.

 

Another tipoff is "Once you have confirm your..."  No way, Jose!  It would, of course, be "once you have confirmed your account...." or even "once you confirm your account...." If the folks at PayPal have gotten anywhere near that sloppy with their correspondence, you'll most definitely want to avoid them like the plague (I sure do anyhow). 

Last edited by Allan Miller

This e-mail breaks so many rules that I guarantee it's a scam.

 

If anyone is going to use anything on the net that might involve money they need to learn the basic rules.

1. e-bay and Paypal will not ask for this info in a e-mail. Nor will your bank or credit card company.

2. IF there is something legit it will be addressed to the FULL NAME and user ID....NOT 'customer' or valued user etc.

3. NEVER click on a e-mail link. If you get an 'important' message close the e-mail and go directly to the site and log in....check your messaes there.....bank, CC or whatever.

Just using these will keep you from ever asking others 'Is this a scam' and stick to 'is this scale'????

     I got one of those emails today and they used my full name, the email address it came from looked legitimate, had paypal in the address line.  The letter refered to "secuity matters', and I should click on a link they provided to confirm my account and remove limits from it.

      Of course it was a scam, but the scammers are very sophisticated, very devious. You cannot be too careful!

100% Bonafied Scam. I have had at least 3 seperate 2nd notices of the same type. To verify that it is scam just log into Paypal through the E-Bay link. If there are any real notices they will be posted within you account. I bet everything is fine. This scam has been going on for quite a long time.

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