Has anybody using paypal gotten this message in their email? I have been wondering if it is a scam or not. I haven't checked their website yet.

Dear valued PayPal® member,

Due to recent fraudulent transactions, we have issued the following security requirements.

It has come to our attion that 95% of all fraudulent transactions are caused by members using stolen credit cards to purchase or sell non existant items. Thus we require our members to add a Debit/Check card to their billing records as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. Your Debit/Check card will only be used to identify you. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and renew your records you will not run into any future problems with the PayPal® service. However, failure to confirm your records will result in your account suspension.

Once you have updated your account records your pending PayPal® account transactions will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.

To update your billing records please login to your account by clicking here.

Thank you for your time,
PayPal® Billing Department.

That email address at the bottom isn't paypal - it's a spoof trying to get your account details - I get about three of these a week. Forward the email to : [email protected] and on no account reply to the original email or give any details . If you do, let Paypal know and they'll put a stop on your account and change passwords etc.

Don't do it!! Its a spoof or somebodty phishing for your account information to assume your identity. Report and forward the e-mail to paypal asap.

I emailed them and they told me it is a scam

Thanks

Paul

They always tell you they will contact you by your name only, that when the letter says valued member, it is a scam, to contact paypal immediately about it, to let them know about this going on.

Then if you are in question to always type in their website, to not go to something your not sure of and never give your password to even a paypal employee.

Dishonesty can happen anywhere, and if they think they can get away with it, cause your not supposed to give it to them, so I'm not saying they will, but then anything can happen, when a lot of money is in front of them., and they might have money problems themselves, like about 90% of Americans do.


I hope this helped, cause I just spent a real long time learning how they operate, and I mean even talking to them on the phone which takes 20 minutes to the recording, then another 8 to 10 minutes to get a live person.

I wasn't about to hang up until I leaned something, and he was nice enough to explain everything I needed to know.

Yeah..all those are either a virus or a harvester...i get about 8 or 10 a week from the "ebay"..confirm you password or your account will be deleted thing. Just forward them to the applicable place and delete them..never do what they say...
Mary

Yep, garbage. Forward, delete and forget. I love the ones about problems with my bank account at a bank I have never heard of. Allthough amusing (spelling errors and all), I am getting sick and tired of them.

:-)

You said it If I receive 10 emails a day on my personal email address 9 of them end up being spam. We get tons of them here at work - it is insane. I used to think "how could anybody fall for one of these?!?!?" until one of my co-workers (there's only 5 of us in here so news travels fast) opened one that had a zipped atachment that was encyrpted - he actually put in the encryption code, un-zipped it and GOOD-BYE COMPUTER! :-) Unbelievable. You would think people who go through such lengths to bombard the world with spam & viruses would put their knowledge to a more constructive, friendly use.