Pay Pal - Is it spam?

Is that message that you received from paypal.com actually a piece of spam?

Here is how to determine whether PayPal email's are spam:

First, Paypal messages ALWAYS include your name - the name you use in your PayPal account. Spam usually does not use your name.

Second, if it includes your name and you still question it, do not follow the links within the e-mail; rather, type them into the browser URL. Those links will ALWAYS begin with HTTPS:// because all PayPal website activity is handled on a secure layer - HTTPS.

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The URL (address) begins with HTTPS, and the PayPal icon is displayed to the far left of the address.

Another method for determining if an email that says it is from PayPal is actually from PayPal is to read the headers of the email. If it is truly from PayPal, it will say that it is from PayPal.

Headers of an email are similar to a shipping log - they contain the address of original, the route the email traveled if it was sent to another location before arriving at your inbox, and the message's unique identification number. To read the headers of the e-mail, right click on the email (before you open it) and click on "options" or "properties". If it is from paypal, it will state an address, then @paypal.com.

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