Hi Guys , Today I recieved an email from " " Email subject is " PayPal Verification Request (KMM82288205V32686L0KM) :kf2 " PayPal as a regulated financial services company is required under law to assess its customers against certain lists of individuals and entities which have had sanctions imposed against them. PayPal as a financial institution is required to comply with these regulations in multiple jurisdictions where we do business. Where a potential name match is identified, PayPal's policy is to lock the account and request further identifying documentation. The decision to lock your account has been taken solely by PayPal in line with its compliance policy in regards to the legislation covering financial sanctions. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. To regain access to your account, provide the following documentation within the next seven days: " A copy of a government-issued photograph identification (i.e. passport, driver's license) that provides date of birth " A copy of a utility bill verifying your address Include the email address associated with your PayPal account on all copies. Fax the information to Attention: Compliance at +303-395-2802 or mail the documentation to: PayPal, Attention: Compliance P.O. Box 45950 Omaha, NE 68145 United States PayPal currently does not accept scanned documents. Reply to this e-mail with all questions at complianceverifications@paypal.com. Sincerely, Lisa Compliance Department PayPal, an eBay Company Copyright © 1999-2007 PayPal. All rights reserved Code (markup): This email looks like scam , but i m not sure < please let me know if any one also receive this email. Thanks Tulip
Guaranteed to be a scam! If you want to be sure, forward the email to spoof@paypal.com. If it is a scam (and it surely is), Paypal will quickly send you a reply email verifying that it is not from them.
Does the email include 'Dear <Your Name In Paypal>' ? If not then it is not from Paypal. Visit Paypal directly at http://www.paypal.com and do not click on any links in that email. But for a test, move your move over the link and see if http://www.paypal.com appears, if it is something else then it is spam. Best test is to forward everything with the full header to and they will tell you if it is real or not. When you log into your Paypal account, check to see if it is really limited or not.
Definitely a scam. I am sure that if you were to go to the actual PayPal site and log in you will see that there are no problems with your account.
Easiest way to know if it is a scam is to run your mouse over any links in the email, if they do show the paypal URL it is fake. Most will show like : paypal.somedomain.com, these are fake. If you are still not sure, do not use the link in the meail, go to the paypal site and there should be a message for you. They never email you requesting account information or locking your account. Send to the email that Jim put in his post.
The Mailing Address in the quoted email is accurate , http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/ua/policy_privacy-outside listed it also as PayPal, P.O. Box 45950, Omaha, NE 68145-0950.
Another dead giveaway in most scam emails is the language and grammar. Often they are terrible, at other times only passable. Rarely are these scam emails well written. By contrast, major companies like PayPal have professional copywriters putting out very well-written text. This particular case that you quote is basically pretty well written. But if you look at it closely, it has minor errors and a few clumsy expressions. That would simply not happen in a genuine message from PayPal, eBay, etc.
Actually the email looks exactly the same as the one in this blog http://blog.mikelopez.info/2006/10/21/paypal-getting-serious-in-the-philippines/ which was proven to be genuine. Since they asked you to fax or mail your documents to Paypal Official Mailing address, it would deem to be real. I mean a fake scam email will require you to log in somewhere and enter your login details. I doubt they be interested in having you fax your details to Paypal, besides there was no mentioned of any revealing of your login details so if this is a scam, it is a very elaborate one which has no benefits for the scammers.
is one of the many email addresses which Paypal uses and this belongs to the security department. There is nothing there to indicate that it is fake. Do not take it lightly or ignore it. I would suggest you visit Paypal website and check the status from there. Like I said, if the email contains your full name which you use in Paypal then it would be real because no one would have that information.
Again, just solve it with a 15-second timeout to forward it to . And please let us know how they reply.
Now I'm confused... The email does seem like a scam, but tulip4heaven just said he got his account disabled? Does this mean that the email was really official and he got disabled because he didn't present the information they requested? Or does it mean that he actually forwarded the information and it turned out to be a scam and they stole his account? In any case, sorry to hear about your bad luck, tulip4heaven.
It looks as if it could be genuine to me. Easiest way, as eddy said, is to forward the entire thing to and they'll reply telling you if it's genuine. Incidentally, did it begin with 'Dear Firstname Lastname'? If it did it is very UNLIKELY to be a scam.
100% scam. If you are using webmail, you can try click on the view original header, try find whether the reply-to, i am sure it is not forwarding to paypal.
Why do you guys say it is a scam ? I mean it has all the hallmarks of a genuine email, nothing in there seems spammy at all. And like I said earlier, what has the scammer has to gain when they ask you to fax your details to Paypal Fax Number or Snail Mail to Paypal official Mailing Address ? The scammers would not get the hands on any of the details unless they work inside Paypal. To the OP, do not worry about it, like the email said, they just found something suspicious about your account and want you to verify. Just fax them the details which they require and you be set on your way. If you never lied or cheated in your application, you have nothing to worry or fear anyways. It is all done for your protection.
Definitely a scam...send that to paypal fraud department, feel bad for people who fall for those it asks for a copy of your ID and a utility billl...the scammers are prob identity thiefs