Overview
- German consumer groups and tech outlets report a surge of spoofed emails claiming PayPal accounts are limited or locked.
- Messages typically come from dubious sender addresses, use generic greetings and attempt to create urgency to harvest logins.
- Submitting details on the linked fake pages can lead to unauthorized withdrawals, identity theft and further fraud.
- Guidance from experts is to avoid clicking any embedded links, access PayPal directly to check status and mark the email as spam.
- Reports note no sign of a breach at PayPal’s systems, and the company maintains a help page explaining common scams and next steps.