I get about 50 of these a day (exaggeration, but I do get a lot) from PayPal, ebay, Washington Mutual, and countless other financial institutions where I don't even have accounts! It's called "fishing" and is apparently incredibly effective.
DO NOT click on links sent to you in emails. Go to the site directly. If you do click on the link for some reason, be damn sure the address in your address bar says:
(in this example)
and not something like
or
or
or
whatever else.
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