DO NOT ANSWER ANY E-MAIL asking for personal financial data.
EBay, Paypal, banks and other institutions never use e-mail for such purposes.
If you are concerned about your accounts initiate the contact yourself, then you’ll know you’re dealing with the right party.
NEVER GIVE YOUR PIN NUMBER to anyone for any reason. The only purpose it has is to relieve you of your money. Merchants don’t need it when you make purchases.
DO NOT USE DEBIT CARDS or your checking account for online or phone transactions, in spite of Paypal’s inducements. Use a consumer protected Credit Card. You have much better protection. I recovered my money from the bank as this was a case of fraud, but it took several months. Since then I have received any number of similar messages, purportedly from eBay and Paypal. You can forward them to spoof@ebay.com for verification.

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