Someone tried the paypal phishing line on me ... fortunately, I never had an account there so I wasn't 'hooked' ... ...

NEVER use the link in the e-mail ... you cannot be sure where it's actually going to bring you ... Either 'copy and paste' into the address bar, or go to the company's REAL website and contact them direct, preferably by phone ... then you can forward the phish mail to that company's security people ...
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