Beware of Fake Paypal emails

[sabbie]

i received this email today.  it looks very much like a real paypal email.  it even uses my name.

it is not real,  if you receive any email from paypal telling you to login to your account do not click the links in the email.  open your browser and type in paypal.com. even then watch the url to check you are being taken to the paypal website.
if paypal has a message for you it will also be posted in your account

From: service@paypal.com
Date: 30-10-2009 14:14:52
To: my real name came here
Subject: Notification of Limited Account Access RXI033
     

Hello my real name came here,

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:

A recent review of your account determined that we require some additional
information from you in order to provide you with secure service.

Case ID Number: PP-747-622-117

This is a second reminder to log in to PayPal as soon as possible. Once you log
in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access.

Be sure to log in securely by using the following link:
Click here to login and restore your account access


Once you log in, 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's User Agreement, your account access will remain
limited until the issue has been resolved. Unfortunately, if access to your
account remains limited for an extended period of time, it may result in further
limitations or eventual account closure. We encourage you to log in to your
PayPal account as soon as possible to help avoid this.

To review your account and some or all of the information that PayPal used to
make its decision to limit your account access, please visit the Resolution
Center. If, after reviewing your account information, you seek further
clarification regarding your account access, please contact PayPal by visiting
the Help Center and clicking "Contact Us".

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.

Thanks,

PayPal Account Review Department

Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you
will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account
and click the Help link in the top right corner of any PayPal page.

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[montan]

I`ve received this from PayPal a week ago , or so.
Did any of you receive this too? I dindn`t use PP this year, i only use AlertPay.
Is is for real on not.
I`m to lazy to check for myself , but eventually i will.
Just hopping some of you got scammed from it, and now can tell me what it is 

[PapaiMark]

And what was the link?

[Aurora]

its a real paypal email      its a notification of changes to the european users agreement.

there is no link in the email.  you can only access the area by directly logging into your account.   

[PapaiMark]

its a real paypal email

Because I received too. I checked the link at that time and it was authentic.
Meanwhile I was trying to find it but it was deleted permanently from my mailboxes, I think.

[Rainbowcolours]

I didn't receive it! 

[montan]

darn. and nobody got scammed ? i miss the dais when people got scammed by fake paypal mail.

thanks for the wiser explanation aurora