Karen, thanks for the article.

Eagle, that's why I got confused! The web site address looks completely real. It's only off by one word at the end. And I have had numerous dealings with PayPal over the last few weeks.

But I should have recognized the fact that:

1. I was not called by name.
2. Anytime someone says that our accounts will be off by a certain date, it's usually illegitimate.
3. There were three misspellings in the e-mail! LOL. What an idiot I am!

Anyway, it's a big mess now. I clicked on the link and entered my password before I heard from you, so I called PayPal on the phone. They had to freeze my account because someone had tried to access it three times in the last half-hour. When the PayPal guy tried to delete my account and close it out, his system wouldn't allow him to do it.

My fault. I'm too tired tonight and I have a massive headache. I wasn't thinking straight and that address looked so real. I'll know better next time!

Thanks everyone :-) Sigrid