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NOTICE: If you have a PayPal account, you may receive bogus e-mails asking
for your personal data. Do not be fooled. These messages are NOT coming from
PayPal! Subject line is PayPaI Official Notice (instead of PayPal, it's PayPaI) "PayPal is constantly looking to increase security for all of our users. To ensure the integrity of our payment network, we periodically review accounts. Your account will be placed on restricted status..." The message will provide you with a link to a site to verify all your banking information. STOP: PayPal will never send you an e-mail asking you to submit your personal data. If you click on the link, the address line will start with http://. PayPal's official site begins with https://, notice the "s" for secured. Also, the real PayPal site has the "secure lock" down in the system tray where it should be. The fake site has a fake lock at the top, right-hand corner. When you receive this type of e-mail, please take a moment and forward it to spoof@paypal.com. On another note, PayPal and its representatives will NEVER ask you to reveal your password. There are NO EXCEPTIONS to this policy. If anyone claiming to work for PayPal asks for your password under any circumstances, by email or by phone, please refuse and immediately contact us via webform at https://www.paypal.com/wf/f=sa_pass. Be careful with your data. Always triple-check the source requesting it.
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