>   it was so well done that its hard to distinguish real from fake..
> this is another reason i dont use paypal..
>

To each his own. I've used 'em for years without incident. It's very easy to
tell a spoof email from a real PayPal one. PayPal will never, under ANY
circumstances, send you an email with a HYPERLINK, saying "click here and
log in", etc. On the extremely rare occasion when they contact you and want
you to do something with your account, they will ALWAYS simply say "log into
your paypal account as you usually do" and provide NO link.
Basically, if there's a link to click, it's a scam.

--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"