PayPal Email

I got this email the other day. Hmmmm . . . somebody from Russia managed to hack into my PayPal account. Veeeery suspicious email . . . mostly because . . . I DON'T EVEN HAVE A PAYPAL ACCOUNT. PayPal account

Unusual sign-in activity

We detected something unusual about a recent sign-in to the PayPal account . To help keep you safe, we required an extra security challenge.

Sign-in details:

Country/region: Russian Federation

IP address: 5.228.16.5

Date: 3/12/2016 4:12 (EST)

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