Further to the difficulties some Forum members are experiencing with PayPal,
a number of phisher scam emails have been targeting PayPal over the last week or so. I have received several identical scam messages with the subject line "PayPal Very Important Warning". An example of the scam email is included below.

The scam email is cleverly formatted to closely resemble an official PayPal message and includes PayPal logos and links that lead to real PayPal and eBay web pages. However, the account log-in link in the bogus email leads to a fraudulent website that is virtually identical to the real PayPal log-in page. Links and buttons on the fake website also lead to real PayPal web pages in an effort to further convince victims that the page is genuine.
Any unsolicited email that advises you to click on a link and provide sensitive information on a web page should be treated as a possible phisher scam. It is highly unlikely that any legitimate company would use such a method.


Notification of Limited Account Access
Dear Customer,

PayPal is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community of buyers and sellers. To protect the security of your account, PayPal employs some of the most advanced security systems in the world and our anti-fraud teams regularly screen the PayPal system for unusual activity.

Recently, our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance with PayPal's User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been compromised, access to your account was limited. Your account access will remain limited until this issue has been resolved. This is a fraud prevention measure meant to ensure that your account is not compromised.

In order to secure your account and quickly restore full access, we may require some specific 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-051-384-664

We encourage you to log in and restore full access as soon as possible. Should access to your account remain limited for an extended period of time, it may result in further limitations on the use of your account or may result in eventual account closure.

click the link below and enter your Case ID Number on the following page to access your account. Click here to access your account

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose the "Help" link in the footer of any page.

To receive email notifications in plain text instead of HTML, update your preferences here. [http://images.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif]

PayPal Email ID PP468


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Willum

YO ORB,
This was sent to me also but Earthlink ScamBlocker grabbed it and advised me it was a scam. Earthlink is my ISP for those that don't know
Bebop