I do use Pay Pal.  I have used Pay Pal for years with great success.  Other pay services have come and gone and Pay Pal is still here.  However, every now and then I get one of those scam letters by some group posing as pay pal.  BEWARE!!!

WHEN YOU GET EMAILS LIKE THIS PLEASE SEND THEM TO

SPOOF@paypal.com

Here is an email I received today from the scammers.  Notice their email address.

Original Message Follows:
————————-

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: PayPal Security Service <security@service.net>
Date: Jan #, #### #:## AM
Subject: Security Alert – Please Confirm Your PayPal Information
To: my email address was here
     ** *Security Update Notification*

*Dear Valued Customer :

*
*We are unable to activate your account because we have just upgraded
our
online security parameters to make your PayPal account and informations
more
secured from online frauds,so we request that you reconfirm your online
account details with the one we have on file before you will be able to
send
and receive money online.
Your account may be place on restricted status. Restricted accounts
continue
to receive payments, but they are limited in their ability to send or
withdraw funds. To lift this restriction, you need to login into your
account, then you have to complete our verification process. You must
reconfirm your credit card details and your billing information as well.
All
restricted accounts have their billing information unconfirmed, meaning
that
you may no longer send money from your account until you have reconfirm
your
billing information on file.

Click here to Sign

in<bogus URL was given here so I just had to click on it….YEAH RIGHT
n-=_security-center-outside_home-merchant&nav=#/inedx.htm>to
your PayPal account to reactivate your account now.

Thank You.
*

——————————

Because your reply will not be transmitted via secure e-mail, the e-mail
address that generated this alert will not accept replies. If you would
like
to contact PayPal with questions or comments, please sign in to your
PayPal

account<ANOTHER BOGUS URL GIVEN HERE …
in-run-=_security-center-outside_home-merchant&nav=#/inedx.htm>and
visit the customer service section.

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