alert Another PayPal Scam?

[Kenny]

Hello Mods & Mems,

Just got this in the email today.

Notice of Policy Updates

Dear My Name,

We are making some changes to the PayPal User Agreement that will go into effect on July 27, 2017. If you're interested in learning more, please visit our Policy Updates Page. Updates include:

• We are adding terms for a new faster withdrawal option. If your debit card is eligible to receive faster withdrawals from your PayPal account, you will be provided the option to use it when you transfer money out of your PayPal balance. The transfer will be subject to a $0.25 fee, which will be deducted from the amount of the withdrawal.
• We’re advising sellers that they may receive payments through their PayPal Account from customers using their Venmo account and that the payments will be subject to Venmo’s purchase protection program (which is similar to PayPal’s purchase protection program).
• We’re updating the “Payment Methods Used” section to clarify that, for pre-approved payments, if you have money in your PayPal balance, your PayPal balance will be used first and your preferred payment method will be used for any remaining amount due.
• We’re clarifying our rights that apply when your PayPal account has a negative balance.

These changes are detailed on our Policy Updates Page and will become effective July 27, 2017 for all U.S. customers. We encourage you to review the Policy Update and familiarize yourself with the changes that are being made. If you do not agree to any of these changes, you may close your account before July 27, 2017.

Thank you for being a PayPal customer.

Sincerely,
PayPal

Please do not reply to this email. We are unable to respond to inquiries sent to this address. For immediate answers to your questions, visit our Help Center by clicking "Help" located on any PayPal page or email.

Copyright © 2017 PayPal, Inc. All rights reserved. PayPal is located at 2211 N. First St., San Jose, CA 95131.

The bolded were links I disabled.
This is the link h*t*t*p*s://epl.paypal-communication.com/T/v20000015ca0f21c45c0fae3f4bbcfd118/14db1c8c4eae426d0000021ef3a0bcc2/14db1c8c-4eae-426d-8c3a-7b3328a97d7f

Pretty sure this is a scam.
I never clicked the link, but I did copy and paste it in "search" and came up with several conflicting opinions about the validity of the link.

Anyways this is just a heads up. If anyone confirms this is not a scam, please post here.

Peace,
Cy

fwd to [email protected]
Should hear back soon.

 

[usernamex]

The info appears to be legit, HOWEVER it did look fishy with the link they are using - always better safe than sorry!

EDIT:
Really poor choice for PayPal not to make this clearer
https://www.paypal-community.com/t5...ation-com/td-p/1164823?profile.language=en-gb

https://cantoriscomputing.wordpress.com/2017/03/04/paypals-emails-encourage-dangerous-habits/

Here's the actual page with the updates
https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/upcoming-policies-full

Whois Lookup

Spoiler: WhoIs

Decided I should edit so this isn't glossed over
paypal-communication.com
Registrar: MarkMonitor, Inc.
Created: Wednesday, April 6, 2011 | Expires: Friday, April 6, 2018 | Updated: Sunday, March 5, 2017
Name Servers: ns1.p57.dynect.net, ns2.p57.dynect.net
Status: clientDeleteProhibited, clientTransferProhibited, clientUpdateProhibited, serverDeleteProhibited, serverTransferProhibited, serverUpdateProhibited
Registrant Name Domain Administrator
Registrant Organization PayPal Inc.
Registrant Street 2211 North First Street,
Registrant City San Jose
Registrant State/Province CA
Registrant Postal Code 95131
Registrant Country USUnited States
Registrant Phone +1.8882211161
Registrant Email [email protected]

 

[Kenny]

Hi UNX,

Good lookin out.
Nice research, thanks.

OK folks,

Peace,
Cy

 

[MapleDots]

Poor policy by Paypal

THEY NEED TO DO WHAT BANKS DO

They inform via email and then tell you to open your browser and login to your account.

No links... just direct navigation... safer and once clients get used to it they will understand never to click email links.

 

[frank-germany]

never ever paypal will send you an email
that doesn't link to paypal.com


scam!

 

[Kuffy]

Well the whois seems to indicate that PreyPal owns the name paypal-community.

 

[rockefeller]

Venmo is also owned by PayPal