I'm reproducing below a message I just received in my personal email inbox. Since I use Yahoo email, the sender's actual email address wasn't shown, just "Paypal". Of course, we sellers take notice of anything mentioning "Limits", so I was concerned when I read this email, and almost -- not quite -- fell for it. That is, until I moused over the "Paypal" sender name and saw an email address that began with "wily1958...".
I've reported the fraudulent email to Paypal (to spoof@paypal.com), but wanted to warn other sellers who may see this message in their private inboxes. It looks very authentic, all the right colours, logo, fonts, etc. But beware -- check the actual sender's email and do NOT click on the link offered! If you get one, report it to the spoof address at Paypal.
"Billing information is out of date
Dear PayPal Member,
Your PayPal account has been limited!
Your billing information is either incomplete or out of date. As a result we have temporary limited your account until you update your billing information.
Please take a few moments to update the billing information and restore your account. To lift the limit to your account you must click the link below and follow the required steps.
[Click to reactivate your account] -- I've removed the link to prevent problems here - rose-dee
We apologize for any inconvenience. You can also update your information by logging into your PayPal account at [I've removed this link too -- it started with "https"]
Thank you for using PayPal
Yours sincerely, PayPal"
