I wanted to share this with everyone.

[gate_keeper_32]

I received an email from my PayPal account (or what I thought was from PayPal) and as I opened it, my MaCafee Virus Protection picked it up as a Trojan Horse and deleted it. In fact, I opened it 3 times just to make sure and every time the MaCafee popped up with virus information. I did a complete scan and I am not infected so it never accually got in.

Here is a copy of the email I got. I removed on of the letters from the URL link location so nobody accidentily clicks on it....


Account System Cleanup

IMPORTANT
Dear PayPal Member,
Due to overwhelming reports of fraudulent transactions and account abuse, PayPal now requires all active members who have an account to verify that they rightfully own it.

You must click the link below and enter your email, password and reference code on the following page to verify your account.

This is NOT a SCAM or HOAX. Please check your address bar to make sure you are on the authentic PayPal website.


https://www.paypal.com/cleanup/








Your reference code is : PPA-2546-5437

You will be guided through a series of steps which will require you to enter personal information, such as credit card number and/or bank details.

ALL accounts not re-verified within 5 days of receiving this email will be automatically frozen.

PayPal is doing this to protect it's valued members from fraud and scams. Paypal will not share your personal information with other companies and corporations. Privacy Policy

Thank you for your co-operation,
PayPal



Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered. Due to security reasons your name and personal information cannot be mentioned in this email.

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Protect Your Account Info
A genuine PayPal link will always begins with "http://www.paypal.com"

Remember to check your browser's Address/URL Bar to be sure you are on an authentic PayPal site.

Please make sure the link you click on starts with "https://www.paypal.com"

Paypal will never ask for sensitive information. PayPal sites that ask for Passport information, Driver's licence details are definitely scams.

For more information on protecting yourself from fraud, please visit the Security Center.


Protect Your Password
You should never give your PayPal password to anyone, including PayPal employees.

[JR3]

man that sucks thats why i dont buy anything over the net with credit cards or that paypal thing i just deal on here

[Guy400]

While it sucks these kind of people exist you've got to stay up-to-date on this kind of crap. PayPal has said repeatedly that they will never ask for your account information via email. If you ever get an email from any financial institution asking for personal information for verification reasons you know it's a scam. I just got an email from a bank yesterday about updating their records so they need my name, social security number and account numbers. The first thing that tipped me off was that it was a bank where I didn't have any accounts. Secondly, I looked at the link they were trying to send me to and then checked what the real bank's URL was and they were different. The real URL is charterone.com and the bogus link was charteronebank.com.

[chucked]

I get at least 2 of these types of emails a day.