paypal sent me an email "ABOUT SOMEBODY'S ACCOUNT"?

Question

Dear PayPal Member,

Your account has been suspended in our system as a part of our routine security measures.
This is a must to ensure that only you have access and use of your Paypal account and to ensure a safe PayPal experience.
We require all flagged accounts to verify their information on file with us.
To verify your information at this time, please visit our secure server webform by clicking the hyperlink below:
(then they wrote a link)
If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporarily suspend your account.
Thank you for your patience as we work together to protect your account.

*WHAT SHOULD I DO.. IT'S NOT MY ACCOUNT!!*

Answer 1

Probably a phishing expedition by a scammer trying to look like paypal. Don't click on any links in it. Forward it to [e-mail] to report it as spoof email. Or at least delete it and ignore it.

Answer 2

notify paypal immediately....its a scam, they must be informed so that necessary steps will be taken to ensure the security of your account. I worked in a bank before and have had issues regarding money debited from accounts of fraudulent nature. Notify paypal, and check evry now and then your accounts to make sure everything is as it should be.



Follow everyones advise, never follow on a link (any) if you are unsure where it came from...



God bless

Answer 3

Delete it and forget it - it's a scam to try and collect your personal details for fraudulent use - do not click on any links in the e-mail, this applies even if you do have an account with whichever company is named (not always PayPal)



GET MORE INTERNET WISE - or you will be in real trouble



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Answer 4

Do not do anything. Just delete the email.



This email did not come from paypal but from someone else that is trying to get you to log on to a false paypal site to steal your username and password.



So, just ignore it and delete the email.

I get tens of these emails per month.



It is called phishing.... Be aware...

Answer 5

No, I wasn't drunk at the time. I was at work, and a supervisor had just blessed me out about something. I emailed a co-worker saying how hurt I was, and what a "b" I thought the supervisor was, and low and behold, the supervisor just happened to come up to that very person at the very moment she was reading my email...out of 150 people in the office she just happened to walk up to the one person I emailed!!!!

Answer 6

This is a Phishing scam. Go to Pay Pal's REAL site- NOT the one listed in the e-mail. Pay pal has a way for you to forward the e-mail to them so that they can trace it and hopefully catch/shut down this particular scam. DO NOT and I repeat- do not follow any links in this e-mail and do not give them any information whatsoever.

Answer 7

dont do anything with it at all. Delete it. It's an attempt to steal information on someone who does have an account. I do have an account with pay pal, and received one of those emails. I checked the address, and surprise... it led me to a page mimiking Pay Pal. I reported them.

Answer 8

NO NO NO paypal will not send you emails for anything other than to advertise their services. Do not answer that email under any circumstances. If you are concerned, please call them directly. This is a scam!

Answer 9

I would speak to paypal directly as it sounds a bit suspicious.

Answer 10

Sounds a bit suspect.

Send it to PayPal - not pon any of the emails return links.

Just forward it to customer care and voice your concerns as you have here.

Answer 11

It's a scam. I've had a number of them in the past and they are very convincing.



E-mail it [e-mail].

Answer 12

mark it as spam,i recieve these all the time & i've never even signed up with paypal,another common one is banks,do not answer them back,just click them as spam or forward them to the yahoo abuse section.

Answer 13

Fwd the e-mail to paypal.

Answer 14

it isn't real, they want you to click on the link, and

put in your information so they can steal it.



Just delete it.

Answer 15

Delete it, it's a scam.

Answer 16

SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM



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SEND NO PRIVATE INFORMATION.

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The real paypal would NEVER ask for this info.