I am posting this on a lot of places I have access to, just to send too trusting people a warning.  Pay Pal is a great service for shopping on the internet, and beyond now.  They help a lot of businesses with this service, and have a great reputation.  However scammers will always be around.

PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR PAY PAL INFORMATION TO ANYONE WHO SENDS YOU AN EMAIL LIKE THIS.  SEND IT IMMEDIATELY TO spoof@paypal.com

That is what I did when I got the following email.  Pay Pal thanked me and is investigating who sent the email.  Here is what a bogus email looks like.  Please pay attention to this.

Original Message Follows:
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———- Forwarded message ———-
From: PayPal Security Service <security@service.net>
Date: Jan #, #### #:## AM
Subject: Security Alert – Please Confirm Your PayPal Information
To: my email address was here
** *Security Update Notification*

*Dear Valued Customer :

*
*We are unable to activate your account because we have just upgraded
our
online security parameters to make your PayPal account and informations
more
secured from online frauds,so we request that you reconfirm your online
account details with the one we have on file before you will be able to
send
and receive money online.
Your account may be place on restricted status. Restricted accounts
continue
to receive payments, but they are limited in their ability to send or
withdraw funds. To lift this restriction, you need to login into your
account, then you have to complete our verification process. You must
reconfirm your credit card details and your billing information as well.
All
restricted accounts have their billing information unconfirmed, meaning
that
you may no longer send money from your account until you have reconfirm
your
billing information on file.

Click here to Sign

in<THEIR BOGUS URL WAS HERE SO YOU COULD CLICK ON IT AND GIVE YOUR INFORMATION
n-=_security-center-outside_home-merchant&nav=#/inedx.htm>to
your PayPal account to reactivate your account now.

Thank You.
*

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Because your reply will not be transmitted via secure e-mail, the e-mail
address that generated this alert will not accept replies. If you would
like
to contact PayPal with questions or comments, please sign in to your
PayPal

account<ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO GET YOU TO SEND THEM BOGUS INFORMATION…BEWARE
in-run-=_security-center-outside_home-merchant&nav=#/inedx.htm>and
visit the customer service section.

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