PayPal
Email asking me to download attachment to update an account

I did not open the attachment for fear of a virus. I do not even have an account with PayPal!

The email said: "It has come to our attention that your PayPal account information needs to be updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into any future problems with the online service. However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension. Please update your records before December 31. To update your account information, please download and open the attachment file that we sent via this email. Once you have updated your account records, your PayPal account activity will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Copyright 1999 PayPal. All rights reserved."

Company: PayPal
Country: USA
State: California
City: San Jose
ZIP: 95131-2021
Address: 2211 N First St
Phone: 4029352050, 4029383751, 8882211161
Site: paypal.com

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