PayPal customers: Avoid The Account Review Email. It's A Phishing Scam.

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PayPal customers should watch their inbox for a phishing scam targeting them. The email appears to come from "members@area.resolving.com" and is bearing the subject line "PayPal - Account Review". The body of the email urges the intended victims to "Download and Open an HTML file" by stating the company has limit access to their account due to unusual charges and suspected "third party access". If an intended victim falls for the bait and opens the attached HTML file provided in the email, they are basically opening a Trojan designed to steal their PayPal account information.

Golden Rule #1
PayPal will never send you an unsolicited email asking you to confirm your account information. That's how you know the email depicted in the example below is a Fake.

Example Of The Email - Click to Enlarge

What To Do If You Receive This Type Of Email

If you find this type of email in your inbox DO NOT follow the instruction in it. Instead follow the instructions below.

1. Forward the entire email to spoof@paypal.com.
2. Do not alter the subject line or forward the message as an attachment.
3. Delete the suspicious email from your email account.
4. PayPal will send you an email response to let you know if the email is indeed fraudulent. In the meantime, don't click on any links or download any attachments within the suspicious email.

Remember, never follow the links in emails that urge you to log into your online accounts and before you log into any of your accounts always be sure to verify the sites web address is the correct one by looking in your web browsers address bar..

Additional Resources:

(PayPal) - Your Guide to Phishing
https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=security/phishing