A Close Encounter with a Paypal scam

When I checked my inbox this afternoon, I got a mail from info@paypal.com telling me that my account has been deactivated.  To reactivate it, I must enter bank account and credit card info.  It looked really legit with nothing suspicious.  I deleted it without looking at it further because I haven't used Paypal in the past and don't plan to in the future.  Ten minutes later, I run across this article on my Radio News Aggregator.

Paypal customers target of apparent scam [InfoWorld: Top News]

Would I have examined the message's more closely before filling it out?  I usually do when I across something suspicious, but this one was not.  A close one.