Paypal/Skype e-mail received. Is this a scam?

[needawin]

I have just received an e-mail from [email protected] saying "this is a receipt for your payment (£18) for an on line number subscription for 3 months".
I do have a Skpe number but only use the free service and did not ask for a subscription. I do have a Paypal a/c but only use for e-bay.
There is a note on the e-mail that says "cancel payment". So far nothing has been taken from my Paypal a/c. I am reluctant to reply or click on any commands on the e-mail for obvious reasons but wonder if anyone has received a similar e-mail.

[ojread2]

if there are no pending transactions in yr PP a/c then you can say it is a phishing email
Delete it and worry no more

[grasscarp]

why have you posted this in more than one location?

[factor-fiction]

If you hover over the link it may show the true address of the link

[EDDIE51]

I have one as well it is a scam !
If you lokk at it ,It gives you an option 'cancel payment' if you click on it it gives you a form to fill in with all your bank card details . I have forwarded mine to [email protected]
Bit of a worry as it got through my junk mail filter and is exacty like a real paypal message. But if you go to your real paypal account there is nothing about it . It is a scam to get bank detailsand clean out your account , be warned ! I was just about to post a warning on here as well when I saw yours.

[sarah1262]

I just got the same email and don't have skype at all! Don't click on anything!

[weecalf]

Just imagine some one is sitting there waiting on you or I making a mistake so as they can thieve from us .what sorta person does that ...How does a person like thats mind work ?

[EDDIE51]

Will all of us who have got this please forward them to [email protected]
this is a major scam and once paypal know of it they can take action. Mine got through my spam filters and was very convincing I nearly fell for it . I will bet they have caught a lot of people who though they were just canceling an incorrect transaction.

[factor-fiction]

I report loads of phishing emails, eddie51, to the reporting addresses lloyds, halifax, santander, paypal etc but I'm not sure it makes much difference as the emails keep coming. I suppose if a spoof site is closed down they can re-open within seconds.
To be fair to Paypal though, they do acknowledge my emails- no-one else does

[heathfield]

Needawin's doing us all a favour by raising the subject. If it hadn't been on 'Most Recent' I'd have missed it, since I never otherwise look in 'Business and Finance'. I wouldn't really mind if it had been duplicate posted under every AB topic so as to make sure everyone was warned.

[jessicadavid]

it seems like a scam, coz u haven't ordered any subscription or anything like that, and the email address also points towards that its a scam

[Ishimar]

Yes

[Ishimar]

Yes it’s a scam. Delete the email and laugh in a cavalier manner, safe in the knowledge that the £18 has not been taken from your account so there’s nothing to cancel. Also beware of emails that have the address paypaI.com (a capital I look’s like a lower case L on an email.)