Is this one of those paypal scams?

[SummerBaby]

I got this e-mail today-purportedly from paypal. Is this legit? Thanks.

Val

Dear valued PayPal® member:



It has come to our attention that your PayPal® account information needs to be
updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to
reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes
out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into
any future problems with the online service.


However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension.
Please update your records on or before October 27, 2006.

Once you have updated your account records, your PayPal® session will not be
interrupted and will continue as normal.

To update your PayPal® records click on the following link:
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run



Thank You.
PayPal® UPDATE TEAM

Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, PayPal® will
periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements.

Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions.
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/ua/policy_privacy-outside

[HallsofVA]

Scam. Don't reply. If you're ever uncertain, go directly to your Paypal account (not through a link) and you can check for yourself if there are any messages pending for you.

One way I pick up on some of these scams is I use different emails for Paypal vs Ebay. I'll often get these types of Paypal emails at my Ebay email address, so I know for a fact that they are fraudulent.

[Alice523]

It's a scam. When I received one of those, I fwd'd it to Paypal and received a response that it was phony.

[Momof3Labs]

If in doubt, forward it to [email protected] and they will verify its authenticity for you. One tip? It's not addressed to you by name - a real e-mail from Paypal would be, and it would not have links like that; it would advise you to go directly to the site and login to your account to do whatever needed to be done.

[2zeke]

I've received them, and I don't even have a Paypal account.

Janice
dd 10-99
ds 4-02

[DebbieJ]

Totally a scam. I could tell by the first line. If PayPal emails you, they use your name.

Don't click on any links, forward it to the spoof address and then delete.

~ deb
DS born at home 12/03
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