i received this e-mail from paypal?

Question

Dear PayPal Member



We are currently performing regular maintenance of our security measures. Your account need to be verified and you will now have to be taken to a series of verification process to validate your identity, if you want to continue to use your account normally.

If we don't receive any response from you we are allowed to suspend your account. A verification page will appear after you Log In into your account.

Protecting the security of your account is our primary concern, and we apologize for any inconvenience.



Please Click Log In secure button.








PAYPAL SECURITY TEAM

i logged into my a/c and i was asked to fill in the following my name date of birth my mothers maiden name and my social security number and my bank details ,i have been a paypal member for 7 years i understand they have to check security but as their has been so many paypal scams just now i was wondering if anybody else has recieved this kind of e-mail when i log into my paypal a/c to to check the details of this e-mail i am am unable to log out this is not usually the case ?

Answer 1

If you submited any relevant data (liek login) to that form (and the form was available before you loging in anywhere - e-mail link doesn't count as login) - contact Paypay secrity ASAP and let your account be blocked. If you have credit cards activated with paypal block them just in case PayPal needs a long time to block your account as well.

ASAP means this instant - not in five minutes!



p.S. If you have a security key generator and didn't submit security questions in place you could still be safe

Answer 2

I would ring PayPal and explain to them what's happened, they'll confirm if they needed that information or not.



Sounds like you've given your details in to a fake website that looks exactly like PayPal. It's the same for World of Warcraft; you're asked to fill in your details when you don't need to, because they're already on the system.

Answer 3

Question? Did you copy paste the actual email that they sent you? There are MANY MANY grammatical issues which usually means an email is fake and from someone whose first language is NOT English. Please tell me that you didn't do anything that they asked without checking with paypal first. I would contact paypal and your bank immediately and alert them so they can be on the lookout for suspicious activity.

Answer 4

It's a scam. I sure hope you didn't fill in the form. If you did, log into paypal and change your password immediately.

Answer 5

Scammed!

Answer 6

Phishing alert..........



Ignore it, or even better. forward it to [e-mail]