Is this a scam? Paypal??

[Katymac]

I got this email

Dear member,

This email confirms that you have paid [email protected] $699.99 USD using PayPal.

This credit card transaction will appear on your bill as "PAYPAL *DELL INC".

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Payment Details

Purchased From:Dell.Inc

Item # Item Title Quantity $669.95 USD $669.95 USD

Shipping & Handling via USPS First Class Mail to 154XX
(includes any seller handling fees) $19.16 USD
Shipping Insurance (optional): --
Sales Tax (6.000% inPA) : $10.88 USD

Total: $699.99 USD
Note:Thank you!

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Shipping Information

Shipping Info: Wayne E Bakewell
16 elm st
Brownsville, PA 15417
United States

Address Status: Confirmed

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If you have questions about the shipping and tracking of your purchased item or service, please contact the seller [email protected].

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Do you confirm this transaction?

If this transaction was not made by you please immediately take the following steps:

Login to your account by clicking on the link below
Provide requested information to ensure you are the owner of the account
Find this transaction in HISTORY and click 'Cancel Transaction'

CANCEL TRANSACTION!

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose the Help link located in the top right corner of any PayPal page.

PayPal Email ID XXXXX

Is it a scam or is someone using my paypal account?

Should I reply?

forward it to paypal and to ebay

FOWARD IT TO

[email protected]

They will send you an email telling you whether or not the email originated from Paypal.

Message withdrawn

also check your account online as if it is real it should show up there.

[email protected]

I think these addresses should go in a special box on this board. There are so many 'is this genuine' threads. I'll email MNHQ

Yes Yes Yes

this happened to me

they ask you to put your credit card details in to refund you, do not reply.

Unfortunately they do put a block on your account which you have to resetup iykwim

Paypal and Ebay will always refer to you by your username in emails, never as 'dear member'.

They will never request credit card details, log in etc via email

Thanks

No - there is no activity on my account - I seem to be able to use it

Appreciate all your replies

Katy, in most cases these emails are the result of 'phishing' whereby an email will be sent to a number of random email addresses on the premise that at least on of the recipients will a) have a paypal/ebay account and b) will fall for it and hand over their details.

Anything like this should always be forwarded to the spoof addresses given earlier.

(ONE)

ebay or paypal will NEVER ask you to clikc on a link in an email to offer information
They always tell you to log into the secure home page and change details there if they need something doing.

never click on the link in the email. if you look at the spoof paypal addy they are always http:/.

the genuine paypal address is https:/