Possible paypal scam/hoax?

[tontod]

This email makes me suspicous:

Dear PayPal Customer


This e-mail is the notification of recent innovations taken by PayPal to detect inactive customers and non-functioning mailboxes.

The inactive customers are subject to restriction and removal in the next 3 months.

Please confirm your email address and credit card information by logging in to your PayPal account using the form below:




Email Address:
Password:
Full Name:
Credit Card #:
Exp.Date(mm/yyyy):
ATM PIN (For Bank Verification) #:




This notification expires September 31, 2003


Thanks for using PayPal!


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What makes me wonder/suspicious is why they are asking for my atm pin? No one needs that except me. Here is the header:



From :
3l3f0xjw3t <3l3f0xjw3t@paypal.com>

To :
Tontod <tontod@hotmail.com>

Subject :
Dear PayPal Customer

Date :
Sun, 15 Jun 2003 17:37:00 +0000

MIME-Version: 1.0
Received: from compuserve.com ([212.199.139.77]) by mc5-f39.law1.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Sun, 15 Jun 2003 11:30:29 -0700
X-Message-Info: JGTYoYF78jEHjJx36Oi8+Q1OJDRSDidP
References: <CJ2HD5KD7DA5L676@hotmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CJ2HD5KD7DA5L676@hotmail.com>
Message-ID: <DLE89C1EKI29DJ71@paypal.com>
Return-Path: 3l3f0xjw3t@paypal.com
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Jun 2003 18:30:31.0468 (UTC) FILETIME=[33C726C0:01C3336C]



And I used paypal as recently as a week ago to transfer money. I may not use it a lot, but it dosent qualify as inactive either. What do you guys think?

 

[Shawn]

you never ever ever send your CC# over e-mail. paypal wouldn't ask you to either.

 

[Eli]

No company(eBay, PayPal, etc) will ever ask for your personal info over email. It's fake.

 

[tontod]

Yeah, I was pretty sure. I wonder if anyone else received this.

 

[CrazyPerson]

:evil: