Australian PayPal users are being targeted, but there is also word of the same thing happening in Ontario, Canada. The scam is by now familiar not just to security experts but to any reasonably savvy Internet user. It starts with a somewhat credible-looking email with the PayPal logo “acknowledging” a payment for something that the intended victim didn’t buy. A legitimate PayPal email will never ask for a full name, password, Social Security number, bank account numbers, or bank account account numbers.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2132639/paypal-phishing-scams-ramp-up-for-holidays.html