But here is an exception. This is the first that actually addressed me (in the greeting and the e-mail To line) by name, not e-mail address.
They were also pretty smart with the links they ask me to click on (which I've removed from the Quote below, leaving just the underlined text), in that they point to a URL that begins http://www.paypal.com.g0... before going on to some random characters.
But what had me LOL was their misspelling of PayPal in the From address! paypall
I'm usually pretty hard to fool on e-mail scams, but I received one recently purporting to be from a bank I deal with for my mother, and it took me almost a minute to discover it was a fraud.
Bottom line: be extra wary as the scammers are getting better at their "job".
From: service@paypall.com
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 12:51 PM
To: Jon [my last name]
Subject: Notification of Limited Account Access RXI034
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