PayPal users, if you have received email messages like the one below, which claim that your PayPal accounts have been limited and you have 24 hours to solve or correct the problem, please note that they are phishing scams. The fake and fraudulent email messages were sent by cyber-criminals to trick PayPal users into visiting a phishing website that will steal their usernames and passwords.
A Sample of the Phishing PayPal Email Message
PayPal
Your PayPal account has been limited you have to solve the problem in 24 hours
Hello PayPal customer,
We are sorry to inform you that you can not access all your paypal advantages like sending money and purchasing,due to account limitation .
Why my account PayPal™ is limited?
Because we think that your account is in danger from stealing and unauthorized uses.
What can I do to resolve the problem?
You have to confirm all your account details on our secure server by click the link bellow and following all the steps
LOGIN NOW
The link in the fake email message goes to a fake PayPal website which was created by cybercriminals to trick their potential victims into entering their PayPal username, password and credit card information on it. If the requested information is submitted by the potential victims, it will be sent to the cybercriminals, who will use it to steal their money and use their accounts fraudulently. The cyber-criminals/scammers behind the phishing email message will change the website's name, so look out for similar phishing email messages with links that go to different phishing websites.
If you are tricked into submitting your PayPal credentials and credit card information on the fake web page, please change your PayPal password immediately and contact your bank and let them know that you have submitted your credit card information on a phishing website.
Remember, never click on a link to sign into your PayPal account, always go directly to www.paypal.com and log in from there.