Your Paypal Account Has Been Limited

[vicdigi]

I have just received the following in latest form of Paypal scamming.

What is funny about this is that I have recently written an article on Paypal Limitations and Alternative Payments.

Has anyone ever been stung by these scammers and tried to log in using the link in the email?

What to always note for those of you who are not aware is that Paypal will always address you by Dear 'name',

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The below has come from http :// www. ajutour. com/zboard/data/www.pay pal.co.uk/paypal/cgi-bin/ webscrcmd=_login-run/webscrcmd=_account-run/updates-paypal/confirm-paypal/
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Information Regarding Your account:
Dear PayPal Member:

Attention! Your PayPal account has been limited!

As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system.We recently contacted you after noticing an issue on your account.We requested information from you for the following reason:

Our system detected unusual charges to a credit card linked to your PayPal account.

Reference Number: PP-259-187-991

This is the Last reminder to log in to PayPal as soon as possible. Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access.

Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access. We appreciate your understanding as we work to ensure account safety.

Click here to activate your account




We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologise for any inconvenience..

Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department

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[temi]

I have had loads of this in the past, I also receive loads from eBay even though I do not have and ebay account.

New internet users needs to be vigilant, I tend to disregard this king of email as I can tell from before the scamer send it that its scam

[vicdigi]

Since changing my email address I hardly get any nowadays.

Still get the ocassional Paypal spam email but never one that has stated 'Account has been limited' so almost caught me offguard there!

[rhyswynne]

I had a similar email (but it was genuine. My account HAD been limited).

It's amazing though, when I first signed upto paypal within about 5 minutes I got a phishing one, and I did click on the link. Then realised what I done, and stopped.

If it'd been any other time, I would've been aware of it, but because it caught me at the right time, I (almost) fell for it.

[deluxdon]

Just send it to spoof@paypal.com

I have had loads of this in the past too

DON.