Phishing Alert!

I received an email tonight, and I thought I would share the info with anyone who might use PayPal. Below is the body of the message. It was accompanied by an attachment named "AccountVerification.html". A couple of key points to remember:

1. Paypal would never send an email with such an attachment
2. When corresponding with its customers, the email would be addressed to your name and not "Valued Member"
3. Never, ever, ever, ever click on a link in an email. If you think there might be some validity to the email, close all windows, open a new browser window, and type in the website address (i.e. www.paypal.com) yourself.

Might seem silly to rehash this, but I know of two people who ran into trouble by not remembering those points in the last two months alone. Just take a minute to read below and familiarize yourself with the content.

Dear Valued Member,

As of the 24th of July 2011, our system has blocked unusual charges to a credit
card linked to your account.

                  We detected an intrusion that someone tried to access your
PayPal account
without your permission. Due to this, we have limited access to your account.
Moreover, we
have sent you an attachment which contains all the necessary steps in order to
restore your
account access. Please download and open it in your browser.
     
                  Thank you for your attention to this problem. Please do
understand
that this is a security measure taken with intention to protect you and your
account.
We apologize for any inconvenience.


Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Team