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If anyone receives the following email, it's a scam:

As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system. We recently noticed the following issue on your account:

We recently received a report of unauthorized credit card use associated with this account. As a precaution, we have limited access to your PayPal account in order to protect against future unauthorized transactions.

Case ID Number: PP-075-481-788
For your protection, we have limited access to your account until additional security measures can be completed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

To review your account and some or all of the information that PayPal used to make its decision to limit your account access, please visit the Resolution Center by following the link below:
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If, after reviewing your account information, you seek further clarification regarding your account access, please contact PayPal by visiting the Help Center and clicking "Contact Us"


We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department

PayPal Email ID PP3417

Accounts Management as outlined in our User Management , Paypal will
periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements

Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions :
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What did Paypal say when you contacted them?

I haven't heard back from them yet.  The people who sent the email didn't do a very good job -- it looks like a regular email instead of the standard one from PayPal (with design and logo).  Also, when I put my mouse over the links, a non-PayPal address pops up on the bottom of my browser.

This one i've just received

Dear eBay user:
 
As a courtesy and for your safety, eBay notifies you whenever your
credit card is used for
certain activities on the site.
 
Once you have a credit card on file with us and the same card is used
again for certain
activities on eBay, we will send this notice to let you know that the
credit card has been used.
This includes activities involving your account or those of a family
member, business associate,
or friend.  These activities include using the same credit card to:
 
* register an eBay account using an anonymous email domain such as
Yahoo or Hotmail,
 
* set up a selling account,
 
* update the credit card information on another account that uses the
same card,
 
* gain access the Mature Audiences category, or
 
* place a bid over $15,000.
 
If you did not use your credit card for any of the above reasons,
please confirm with all
members of your household as well as friends or business associates
that they have not
recently used your credit card on eBay.  Their use of your card for any
of the above purposes
will also generate this notice.
 
If you are still unable to explain the use of your card, please update
your account with a new credit card immediately by taking the following steps:
         
          1.    "Sign In" to your eBay account at:
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          2.    Enter your new credit card information.
          3.    Click the "Continue" button.

** Do not reply to this email as this is a system-generated message **
 
eBay Safety Tip:

Some community members have reported receiving deceptive emails
claiming to come from eBay, PayPal, or other popular Web sites. The people who
send these emails (also known as "spoof" or "phishing" emails) hope
that unsuspecting recipients will reply or click on a link contained in
the email and then provide sensitive personal information.
 
You can take a few simple steps to protect your account and prevent
senders of deceptive emails from doing harm:

* If you need to update your personal or financial information on eBay,
type the eBay Web address into your browser or use a bookmarked link.
* Use My eBay or the Site Map to find pages on eBay, rather than
relying on links from emails.
* Report suspicious email immediately by forwarding it to
spoof@ebay.com.

eBay's Help system provides detailed information about spoof emails,
identity theft, and what to do if your eBay account has been compromised

As kbmum Say's hold your mouse over the links and you get a false address, Plus it should start https

I've got to the point with these emails that I forward them automatically to either eBay or Paypal whether they're the real item or not! ::)
EBay tell you that if they have anything important to tell you then they will do so through the 'My messages' part on your account, so I tend to check there first.
Paypal is more difficult to check with so I just forward them regardless - if they're the proper thing then Paypal will tell me so, if not well they're with the people who need to know about them! LOL :P