(I've had two emails lately from these official looking "PayPal" alerts. I did not reply to either one but sent this one to PayPal and they promptly replied that it was indeed a fraud. Nothing wrong with my account.)
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We are contacting you to inform you that on Octomber 22, 2005 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.
Our system requires further account verification.
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Topic - Fraud phishing "PayPal" emails. - Hepcat 18:33:01 10/24/05 (11)
- forward suspicious ones to spoof@paypal.com (nt) - G.Nye 17:47:18 10/29/05 (0)
- Couple of tip-offs..... - JimL 18:53:14 10/24/05 (4)
- Another tip-off,,,. - ajedwardsjr 18:57:29 10/24/05 (3)
- The Paypal fishing emails are very official looking as I get them @ once a month - Audio Circle 20:18:19 10/24/05 (2)
- I got so pissed off receiving these... - Joe Appierto 20:38:07 10/24/05 (1)
- I only once got a human being at PayPal - Norm 05:59:27 10/25/05 (0)
- Re: Fraud phishing "PayPal" emails. - Tin Ear 19:18:31 10/24/05 (0)
- Re: Fraud phishing "PayPal" emails - Only Place Ebay Communicates With Its Members - jessrm 01:02:27 10/25/05 (0)
- Re: Fraud phishing "PayPal" emails. - Inmate51 08:25:45 10/25/05 (0)
- Log in to your PayPal account............. - goofytwoshoes 11:43:39 10/25/05 (0)