PayPal scam????

[JimmyDee]

I got an e-mail today from "PayPal" stating that someone from two foreign countries had tried to access my Pay Pal account and to click on a link to check it out. Only problem folks is that I don't have a Pay Pal account and never have had one. Me thinks scam.
They want you to change your pass word. If you get one of these forward it to spoof@paypal.com
Jim

[JimmyDee]

I got an e-mail today from "PayPal" stating that someone from two foreign countries had tried to access my Pay Pal account and to click on a link to check it out. Only problem folks is that I don't have a Pay Pal account and never have had one. Me thinks scam.
They want you to change your pass word. If you get one of these forward it to spoof@paypal.com
Jim

[CyberVet65]

Good info.
Thanks for passing it on.
Chet

[TXiceman]

Seems I regularly get some scam deal from a bank or wht ever to up date mu info. Even got one that apperaed to be from my ISP frp an info update.

It is to the point that I erase anything unless I know who it is from.

Ken

[JimmyDee]

If you have an account, it is my understanding that Pay Pal will use you real name in their e-mails to you. Scams will say something like dear Pay Pal User or something generic like that.
Jim

[Ken Lenger]

Paypal will never send you an email and ask you to login to your account to....

Any email to the contrary is a scam.

[JimmyDee]

Got this reply from the real PayPal today after forwarding my e-mail to their security dept.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> PayPal and its representatives will NEVER ask you to reveal your
password. There are NO EXCEPTIONS to this policy. If anyone claiming to
work for PayPal asks for your password under any circumstances, by email
or by phone, please refuse and immediately contact us via webform at
https://www.paypal.com/wf/f=sa_pass.
</div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Jim

[CyberVet65]

Networks say that "phishing" is up over 50%. It is becoming a real nitemare for the elderly. They get these requests in the mail.
Chet