Paypal question-pin number

never give your pin number to anyone. doing so will void any protection from fraud. even the issuer of your pin number will never request it.

Ed is correct. Forward the e-mail to spoof@paypal.com which is Paypal's security e-mail address. They will authenticate the e-mail or tell you it is fraudulent. I'll bet it is the latter.

BTW, I got a timely "fishing" e-mail last week that looked very authentic. I got it the same day I closed an auction on eBay and it looked like an authentic Paypal notification of payment due. I forwarded it to spoof@paypal.com and they immediately recognized it as a "fishing fraud".

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In the past couple of weeks I’ve received two requests that looked official, Ebay logos and all asking that I update my account info or it would be suspended. They had me fooled rite up to where the form asked for my pin number. I deleted the form and reported it to EBay. NEVER give out your pin number.

According to PayPal (and eBay for that matter), there is an easy way for you to initially establish the potential legitimacy of such correspondence. If the e-mail is addressed to you personally (i.e. Dear John Smith or Dear David Jones), it probably emanated from PayPal or eBay. If, however, you are addressed by such vague or universal terms as "Dear Valued Member" or "Dear PayPal Member" etc., then it is definitely not legitimate. The advice to send the questionable correspondence to spoof@Paypal.com or spoof@eBay.com is absolutely correct. You will receive an answer in a very short period of time.

When my credit card on file with PayPal was expiring, they did send me an email about it.
Being wise I did not use any "link" in the message, but logged into my PayPal account directly and indeed the credit card was out of date.
Any email correspondence is SAFE to believe IF you NEVER connect via the provided link... Rather go the your usual log in via the original web address, and see if the request is in your account info.
Is, it's valid, if not, report the fraudulent email.