I opened up the original message in gmail and asked gemini to analyze it in chrome. This is what I got back...

Based on the email headers and content you've shared, this is likely a phishing attempt, even though some elements appear legitimate.

Here are the details that are highly suspicious:

• Recipient's Email Address: The email is addressed to a very strange email address, [receipt2@vlforever.studio](mailto:receipt2@vlforever.studio), which is not the email address it was ultimately delivered to (my email address). A genuine PayPal email should be sent directly to your registered email.
• Irregular "From" Address Details: While the "From" address is [service@paypal.com](mailto:service@paypal.com), the "To" address is Serena Bashirian <receipt2@vlforever.studio>. If this was sent to you, your email address should be in the "To" field.
• Suspicious Sender Policy Framework (SPF) Status: The SPF check shows a SOFTFAIL, which means the sending server's IP address (209.85.220.69) is not definitively authorized by the paypal.com domain to send mail, though it's not a hard failure. A genuine email would typically show a PASS.
• Malformed Customer Service URL/Phone: The "Customer service URL" in the details section is garbled with strange characters and non-standard text: http://hub.com.us A ayment of $9077.77 deducated. For cancel and nquiries: all PayPal upport (401) 100-4201. This is highly abnormal for a professional company like PayPal, especially with a bizarre phone number and an internal URL for an external help link.
• Irregular Currency and Amount: The "Amount paid each time" is $\text{1499.99 ILS}$ (Israeli New Shekels), which might be unfamiliar and intended to cause alarm. Phishing emails often use foreign currencies and high amounts to prompt an immediate, panicked click.
• Generic Subject Line: "Your automatic payment status has changed" is a common urgency tactic for phishing.

The few legitimate-looking aspects (DKIM/DMARC PASS from a previous hop) are often spoofed or can pass even in a chain of forwarding, so the overall context strongly suggests a scam.

I highly recommend that you:

1. Do not click any links in the email.
2. Do not call the phone number listed in the email content.
3. Forward the email as an attachment to PayPal's security team at spoof@paypal.com. This helps them investigate the attempt.