Originally Posted by Sunny Day

I had to use PayPal as that what my banner designer uses. Yeah PayPal sucks, but sometimes you have to use them.
I never respond to emails from banks, credit cards or PayPal, but log in and ask them directly.
The PayPal account, as I said is over 5 years old and verified. It was verified with a credit card, that has a limit large enough to buy a house.
The email was directed to the email address we use for the PayPal address and was sent right after funds were transferred to PayPal. I should have caught it sooner as they didn't know the user ID.
I have a specific bank account for PayPal, it only has a few dollars on deposit. When I need to pay someone through PayPal, I fund the account just enough to pay the vendor.
I didn't fall for their scam, just logged in and asked PayPal. Usually you can spot the scam emails. This one looked too real.
Suppose I could do the "take my money instantly & pay" method, but I guess I'm old school and just send the money from the bank to fund PayPal. This also acts as a last minute check of "do I really want to buy this?"