I have gotten several messages over the last few years stating this. Interestingly enough, I've never used PayPal and therefore don't have a PayPal account. I've also gotten the same thing for my Ebay account along with e-mail collection notices written in broken English. I was thinking identity theft at one point until I saw a fake e-mail I own getting the same message as my normal e-mail gets---just to be sure I checked my credit report and the people at Experian told me it was a scam. Just out of curosity, were any pictures of sailboats attached to the e-mail?

YES. Do NOT respond to any such message. This is known as a "phishing exploit", because the person who sends the e-mail is fishing for anyone who takes the bait. All such messages from any source (e.g., Paypal, eBay, your bank, your finance company) can be treated as fraudulent. ALL of them. If you inspect the e-mail contents, you will find that every link points to a real link at the company who is supposed to be sending the message, except for one: it takes you to a different website where you are to 'correct' or 'verify' your personal information. The criminal - fraud is a criminal offence - has created a page that looks like the 'real' thing and will act like the 'real' thing. It will ask you to fill in your username and password and say thank you after you have done it. If you provide personal information to the scammer, an attempt could be made to defraud you, quite literally, within minutes. The faster the better, before the user is aware that a theft is taking place. NEVER answer any such e-mail. Companies, such as Paypal and banks, NEVER ask you to confirm that your account is valid or to provide any such information on line. ------------------------------------------------------------ What Paypal says on the matter: ------------------------------------------------------------ Protect Yourself from Fraudulent Emails At PayPal, protecting your account's security is our top priority. Recently, PayPal members have reported suspicious-looking emails and fake websites. These emails are not from PayPal and responding to them may put your account at risk. Please protect your PayPal account by paying close attention to the emails you receive and the websites you visit. Please use the following tips to stay safe with PayPal: - Safe Log In: To log in to your PayPal account or access the PayPal website, open a new web browser (e.g., Internet Explorer or Netscape) and type in the following: https://www. - Greeting: Emails from PayPal will address you by your first and last name or the business name associated with your PayPal account. Fraudulent emails often include the salutation "Dear PayPal User" or "Dear PayPal Member". - Email Attachments: PayPal emails will never ask you to download an attachment or a software program. Attachments contained in fraudulent emails often contain viruses that may harm your computer or compromise your PayPal account. - Request for Personal Information: If we require information from you, we will notify you in an email and request that you enter the information only after you have safely and securely logged in to your PayPal account. Often, fraudulent emails will request details such as your full name, account password, credit card number, bank account, PIN number, Social Security Number, or mother's maiden name. If you think that you have received a fraudulent email (or fake website), please forward the email (or URL address) to spoof@paypal.com and then delete the email from your mailbox. Never click any links or attachments in a suspicious email. ------------------------------------------------------------ What one of my banks says on the matter: ------------------------------------------------------------ Phishing Scams "Phishing" is the name given to the kind of identity theft that attempts to persuade its victims to fill out an online form or respond to an email with details of their bank accounts, credit card numbers, passwords and other personal information. People can be fooled into doing this when they believe that they are reconfirming information needed by a reputable institution with which they are doing business. Scotiabank will never send you unsolicited emails asking for confidential information, such as your password, PIN, credit card and account numbers. We will never ask you to validate or restore your account access through email. There are fraudulent emails that appear to have been sent by Canadian banks including Scotiabank. Please do not respond to emails asking you to verify confidential information by clicking on a link in the email. The link leads to a modified webpage that looks like a Scotiabank webpage asking customers to validate personal information such as their bank card number, password and PIN. Do not respond to emails or web sites requesting personal information.

Yes, this is a scam. PayPal will never ask you for your peronal information. If you're not registered w/PayPal, then this is a real red alert that this is NOT legitimate; thereby, it IS a scam. NEVER give out personal information from email messages asking for personal information. If you question the legitimacy of the email message, then directly call the company to verify your information with them. Bottom line: Don't give out personal information via the internet or the phone because legitimate companies won't email you asking for personal information. Good luck!

send me 44 dollars and i will tell you...hahah.....of course it was a scam.......take care.....Brian....

Rule of thumb: If they ask you for more information about your account than they, the supposed company, can provide to you it's a scam.