Scam on PayPal: Is it?!?

@Shavkat (141906)
Philippines
December 16, 2020 8:33pm CST
I woke up this morning and saw this email. It seems the scammer is trying to get my money on PayPal. Can you see the mistakes in this message? The very first thing that I noticed the email address. It was addressed to 'Me.' Am I mistaken and being suspended? I am confident that once you clicked the Log In button, the scammer will be able to access my PayPal account, agree? Have you received this kind of message from PayPal?
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4 responses
Four Walls
@FourWalls (86584)
• United States
17 Dec 20
Oh! Yes, that’s fake. Every legitimate mail from them will have your name, not your e-mail address as your name. (My name isn’t my email address for that very reason.) Good catch on your part!
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
18 Dec 20
It's a good thing that I was able to check it carefully. The salutation is totally the wrong one.
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Sreekala
@Sreekala (34312)
• India
17 Dec 20
I am getting mails when they have policy updates. It seems you got a spam mail.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
18 Dec 20
I think I got spam mail. I agree that we need to be vigilant with this matter.
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Sreekala
@Sreekala (34312)
• India
18 Dec 20
Raine38
@Raine38 (12387)
• United States
17 Dec 20
When in doubt, do. A sure-fire way to settle this is calling PayPal's toll free customer service number, or sending them a message through their online chat. But I will not trust anything I receive in an email unless I am the one who specifically solicited for information, or the one who directly altered something.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
18 Dec 20
I agree with you. For me, two options needed to do, delete or tag it as a spammer. I am quite hesitant to message or report them. I might commit a mistake.
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@gamayngbaki (1601)
• Cebu, Philippines
18 Dec 20
@Shavkat This is really very educational for me. Sometimes I am not very particular about emails. Thank you very much for posting this discussion.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
18 Dec 20
It's my pleasure to share about this matter. I cannot count how many times I had received this kind of message. It's better to share than to keep it.
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