PAYPAL FRAUD

In an earlier post (Spam) I mentioned an email I received from "Paypal". Here is that email:

You have added dechukiat@yahoo.com as a new email address foryour PayPal account.
If you did not authorize this change or if you need assistancewith your account, please contact PayPal customer service at:
https://www.paypal.com/us/wf/f=ap_email
Thank you for using PayPal!The PayPal Team
Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannotbe answered. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choosethe "Help" link in the header of any page.

Well, when I linked through the email, it asked me for bank information. That seemed odd. I logged into paypal through a new window (without using the link) and it didn't ask for bank info. I reported it as possible fraud, and this is the reply I received from Paypal.


Thank you for contacting PayPal. We appreciate you bringing this suspicious email to our attention. Commonly referred to as phishing, these emails are sent by fraudsters in an attempt to collect sensitive personal or financial information from the recipients. PayPal takes phishing threats seriously. Our fraud prevention specialists are working 24/7 to help protect you and enable the community to stay safe. After review, we can confirm that the email you received was not sent by PayPal. Any website which may be linked to this email is not authorized or used by PayPal. Our fraud prevention team is working to disable any website linked to this email. In the meantime, please do not enter any information into this website. If you have already done so, you should immediately log into your PayPal account and change your password, as well as your security questions and answers. We also recommend that you contact your bank and credit card company immediately.

!Thankfully, I didn't fall victim. Hopefully you won't either!