Email from paypal ?

i got an email from services@paypal.com It looks like this;


It has a link to verify my records, but when i click on it i get this address:

http://66.111.216.174%20/~steve/.confirm/ blahblahblah

Now im sure that looks like bull**** but im wondering why services@paypal sent it then. Does this look right to you ?

I would be suspicious, I have recently got a few phising e-mails from 'paypal'. Only it takes you to toptoptop.net. I would just leave it, if it was paypal they would be more professional than /~steve, and an IP, doncha think?

it looks dodge to me i get them some times. it is not from paypal any one can get a program and set it to say it si from paypal so dont bother with the email

They could have used an email spoofer to make it look like it came from another address?

I've gotten a few from Ebay awhile back. Saying that my account was accessed from many places in the world. They went on to list 3 of the places along with IP address and some other stuff. One from Russia, the 2nd one was from China, and I forgot the 3rd one. They said they have frozen my account and to verify and reactivate the account I will have to login using the link below. I can't remeber the link anymore now but it was nothing connected with Ebay

Go to paypal and report it thats what i do.

Just so that you know faking an email address is very easy. That is a spoof. To see proof look at the link they provide. It goes to some random IP address and not the paypal's secure member page. That's a phishing mail. Be careful yo Remember kids, don't ever click on those links :P

If paypal has a problem with your account they will display it upon login on https://www.paypal.com - This is a standard procedure. So check their first and if there is no problems then delete the email.

I get tons of these fake emails on a daily basis, they hope someone will enter there username/password in and then bingo, they have access to your account.

Brother got one yesterday . Just told him to ignore it, funniest thing was that he wasn't even signed up to paypal.

same here, got about twelve of those yet, have never visited paypal ever.just don't click links in emails that ask you signing in.

Its called phishing.
You should use thunderbird for your e-mail, it automatically filters those out for me, and even so. You can always double check the link in the bottom toolbar...