Scam alert: Devious fraudsters are targeting Australians with an elaborate PayPal phishing scheme 

Police have issued a warning to PayPal customers to beware of elaborate email fraud schemes.

The alert was posted to the NSW Police Force Facebook page with a graphic that showed a variety of ways to figure out if a PayPal email is a fake.

Police revealed a scam email will inform the recipient their account has been temporarily restricted, and instruct them to click a link that directs to a phishing site and input a range of personal details.

The scam will also include a generic salutation, such as ‘Dear Customer’ rather then the recipient’s actual name.

PayPal backed up the police graphic with information on their website.

‘The people behind phishing emails are experts in manipulation,’ they said, listing a range of ways to find out if an email is fake.

Telltale signs include false links, incorrect logos, urgent statements demanding you react immediately, or bad spelling.

Social media users took to the comments section to share their experiences, with some revealing they receive the scam emails once a week.

‘I get these emails about once a week,’ shared one user.

‘I get this email and I don’t even have a PayPal account,’ revealed another.

But someone else gave the helpful tip that financial companies never ask for a user’s login details. 

PayPal or any financial institution never asks for login details,’ they said, adding ‘If people don’t know this by now, they deserve to be hacked.’ 

Daily Mail Australia have contacted PayPal for comment. 

Social media users took to the comments section to share their experiences with scam emails. ‘I get these emails about once a week,’ shared one user