Is This Email From Paypal Genuine?

[needawin]

Just received an e mail from paypal. See below.
Recently, there's been activity in your PayPal account that seems unusual compared to your normal account activities.

In order to safeguard your account we have limited your access.

To restore your account access, please click the link bellow:

http://www.paypal.co.uk/

Once you've completed all the tasks,

Is this a scam? See how they have spelt below as "bellow"!
Have tried to log in and you get a page asking for all your card and personal details.

[sandyRoe]

I don't think you should follow the link. Go in the usual way to the account.

[margie04]

I've had that message and treated it as Junk - and my payPal account has suffered no damage.

[espookid]

Just ignore it as they will come back if they really have a problem ,which itself will become apparent when you try to use paypal But never give that info never never

[needawin]

Can't get into the account as they want all my details first

[Prudie]

I think it's a scam. Call Paypal and check - this is from their website
Call us:
0800 358 7911
Our hours of service:
8:00 am – 10:00 pm Monday through Friday
8:00 am – 9:00 pm Saturday; 9:00 am – 9:00 pm Sunday
For Claims or limitations, hours of service are: 8:00 am – 8:30 pm Monday through Friday; 8:00 am – 6:30 pm Saturday; 9:00 am – 6:30 pm Sunday

[puzzled54]

Delete it - I once made a large payment on Paypal (unusual for me) and the phone rang a few minutes later, it was Paypal checking that it was actually me that made the payment.
If they want to get in touch, they will phone. Yours sounds like a scam.
Have you actually made any unusual purchases?

[murraymints]

do NOT open link...obvious scam

[mikey4444]

100% certain its a scam...bellow was the clue !

[Sipowicz]

needawin, when you say you've tried logging in, do you mean via the link, or your usual way of logging in?

[daffy654]

Unless they addressed you by your actual name (not email address) then it is definitely a scam.

[needawin]

Sent it to spoof paypal who confirmed scam

[needawin]

Thanks all for the advice.

[woofgang]

witout even opening this q I knew the answer was going to be yes!

[seadogg]

Another scammy variation is pretending your card is out of date and ..............

[Sparkles62]

I have a few of these every week.
I had so many at one time that I re-did my paypal account and set it up with a new e-mail address that no-one else knows, and i keep it just for paypal and nothing else.
Any paypal messages that I get on my usual e-mail acc, I now know are definately false, and just get deleted straight away. X

[sara3]

it's a scam. I get one of these almost every day. spelling and grammar give it away, apart from the fact that it's obviously a scam!