Thanks Mark for your concern.

Hi Ed.

PayPal is VERY clear on it's policy here.

If they send you an email, it will always say "Dear Mark," - (in my case) - it will always have your name, not "PayPal user" or "member" etc etc.

Also, ANY email you receive that has an attachment, normally a zip file, that is either a) from someone you don't know or b) from someone you were not expecting an email from... delete it immediately. The attachment most likely is a virus, which will install itself on your computer - and either do damage, or sit in the background monitoring your personal username and passwords for various things, and send them back to some unknown criminal gang, who will go on to make things a little depressing for you!

If your bank was seriously worried about your balance, or their systems had been exposed and your password had been released - they would be phoning you, or it would be all over BBC/Sky/CNN etc. You wouldn't get a random email about it!

Bottom line, anything you haven't signed up for, and you get an email from that you weren't expecting, SPAM/DELETE. If it's really important, you'll get a phone call or a letter.

All the best, Mark

Thanks for taking the time to bring this to our notice, appreciated,
Hudson

Thanks for the head's up.

Thanks.

Thank you for warning us. Lucky you smelt a rat!

Thank you for the information.