Is this a scam?

I recieved the following email. Anyone else get one of these? I don't even have a PayPal account.

"PayPal is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community of buyers and sellers.
To protect the security of your account, PayPal employes are constantly working to ensure some
of the most advanced security systems in the world and our antifraud teams regularly screen
the PayPal system for unusual activity.

Recently,our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account.
In accordance whith PayPal's User Agreement access to your account will be limited.This is a
fraud prevention measure meant to ensure that your account is not compromised.

In order to secure your account we may require some specific information from you.
We encourage you to log in by clicking on the link below and complete the requested form as
soon as possible.

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run

Ignoring our request, for an extended period of time, may result in account limitation or
a security measure meant to help protect you and your account.
We apologize for any inconvenience.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.Please understand that this is
a security measure meant to help protect you and your account.
We apologize for any inconvenience.(Case ID Number: PP-071-362-996)


©2005, PayPal Account Review Departament.All rights reserved"

but do forward it on to PayPal, along with the properties from the email... not that they'll be able to do anything about it...

edited to add that I keep getting similar notes from Southern Bank about my credit card account - unusual activity and all that b.s... I don't even HAVE a credit card with them (whoever they are), but when I went to the site out of curiosity, the first page I saw was asking me to fill in account numbers and SS number and my mother's maiden name. Can't people just try to make an honest living, instead of trying to steal from me??? :shrug:

I got one too, and I've never had a PayPal account... EVER!

but then I'm not a computer guru.

political sites I am registered on.

I work for Gannett, which has had these problems over the last few years, of 'phishing'. Basically, a person creates a fraudulent facsimile of a real website.

What Gannett told us was this: Companies will NEVER ask you through email for such private information. Call Paypal's customer service, or send the person who sent this an email asking for what they have of your private information.

PLEASE! NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER DO THAT!

If you want to check your Paypal account, close that e-mail, then access your account independently of that e-mail by going directly to it through your browser. You will find (as I have many times in the past) that there is NOTHING wrong with your account.

That is a known scam to get personal information from you.

You need to forward that e-mail to Paypal's security/fraud e-mail address (I'm sure they must have one).

E-Bay, Paypal, and any other account will NEVER ask you to click on a link in an e-mail to provide personal information.

I get those all the time and I know my account is fine. They never have any messages for me when I log in to my account. Don't fall for it.

I've got such e-mails before and reported them to PayPal.

Remember the good old days when criminals had to call and act like a company to get people's information?

for did not send them an email asking for their passwords and credit card numbers(we don't even offer credit cards)...the phishing scammers are prolific.

They've even had a report on it on the local news.