Strange message

@savypat (20216)
United States
March 30, 2009 2:53pm CST
I got a very strange message from someone wanting my pay pal information, I couldn't figure out who they were or why they would want this. Needless to say I hit the old delete button. Do you think I should contact pay pal?
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7 responses
@snowcat46 (2322)
• United States
31 Mar 09
You should type in the paypal URL to go to it. That way you can check. Ask paypal about it. Paypal wouldn't send you an email asking for information. Somebody's trying to scam you. Paypal has a site to send those things too, I think they want to nail 'em.
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@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
31 Mar 09
Hi pat! I have received this message too! I didn't think about contacting PayPal. I was too upset and I only wanted to hurry up and delete the message! I don't really know if PayPal can do anything about it anyway! I just get so upset when I see these kind of messages that I am so in a hurry to delete them that I can't think straight! Maybe you are right and we should let PayPal know about them in case they really aren't from them!
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@seabeauty (1480)
• United States
8 May 09
I received a strange email from Western Union once. I called them up and they said it's fake. I never got one from PayPal but if I did I would just delete it.
@zouna5 (564)
• Greece
30 Mar 09
I do not think contacting with paypal will give you an answer.You did the best action: delete and ignore the message!!
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@animestan (321)
• Canada
30 Mar 09
I dont think there is a need to contact paypal. There are a lot of these scammy emails around the web that people recieve everyday. Such as asking for your SIN or mastercard, so do you automatically call the Canadian Gov or Mastercard? No, no need. Unless you give them the info (which you shouldnt) and they take you money or w.e for a non legit reason, then you call paypal or whoever it may concern.
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@Boofybutt (316)
• United States
30 Mar 09
It would probably be a good idea to contact paypal and inform them that way they can inform everyone who uses paypal.
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@mayka123 (16605)
• India
17 Apr 09
We should never give our paypal information to anyone. I think you should have by now contacted paypal and informed them about the same. It is good you have deleted the message.