# PayPal **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 1, 2007, 3:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paypal/193409 "2007-11-01T03:31:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![spektator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@spektator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/spektator)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paypal/193409/10 "2007-11-02T08:41:24Z")
> [@I love Gillette](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-love-gillette/33287/13): > > From what I could read in the email, they suspected my account was compromised and wanted me to change all my info. When I logged onto the actual PayPal site, it said the same thing, so the email was legit. My account balance is still the same. > > The French thing may have just been some other non-related issue. Unless someone got into my account and changed my language setting to French! > [@German with a Bowtie"](#): > > Your account was hacked or you were spoofed. > > I would remove any linked bank account/card. (If they are smart, that’s what they are after) we have an ebay account here at work…but no paypal account directly for work, we get emails all the time asking us to renew our paypal account bc it has expired…but we’ve never had one… Ebay does the same thing, they send an email telling you you violated some code and your account has been suspended… They are tricky lil bastards… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paypal/193409)._