hi,
i know a lot of woodworkers also have paypal accounts for purchasing online so i just thought i'd pass along this reminder to beware of fraudulent emails purporting to be from paypal - they may not be!
earlier today, i received an email complete with Paypal headings and everything telling me that unusual activity had been noticed on my account and i should verify it. there was a hyperlink there and without thinking much about it(i do know better!) i clicked it and it took me to another paypal looking site where they asked for my visa number etc., i entered it and then saw they wanted my atm pin number - what???
at this point i knew something was wrong so i cancelled everything and signed into paypal normally and changed my password. just in case, i called my bank and also had my visa card changed immediately - so, no damage done.
i called paypal and they confirmed it was a scam. they reminded me not to respond to anything from paypal unless it contains your actual name. even then, sign-in to paypal normally and get the required information.
apparently, there are a lot of these 'phishing' expeditions going around right now.