Wow Edgar, that's actually a really complicated phish. I'm glad that you're so studious about researching the issue and thanks for laying out the steps involved with being sure that you're communicating directly with Paypal.

You would think Paypal would step in and do something about these. Being able to send someone an email from Paypal for half a cent is silly. Maybe a restriction of having to send someone $1 or more if you've never sent them money before.