Received this email. Absolute spam. I did not purchase anything and PayPal never communicates through Gmail. Also, misspelled words are a dead giveaway.
Hello
This is just to let you know that your order has been confirmed.
Instruction to merchant
You do not have any special instruction for the merchant.
Payment Method: Paypal
December 09 2020
Purchase ID: 4729174036H
Payment
475.95
Issue with Transaction
You have 24 Hours from the date of the transaction to open a dispute.
For assistance Call 888 352 6241.
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Hello
This is just to let you know that your order has been confirmed.
Instruction to merchant
You do not have any special instruction for the merchant.
Payment Method: Paypal
December 09 2020
Purchase ID: 4729174036H
Payment
475.95
Issue with Transaction
You have 24 Hours from the date of the transaction to open a dispute.
For assistance Call 888 352 6241.
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Alternate text
Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not recive a response.
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I received this email today – its a scam and luckily I didn’t fall for it.
The security of your PayPal account is a top priority for us and we want to work together to help protect it.
Dear Customer
You have sent a payment of $ 521.00 USD From Your Paypal Account If you want to cancel This payment Or Approve This Payment Kindly
Call uson+1(909)550-6050
As a security measure, we routinely monitor account activity to prevent fraudulent use of our customers accounts.
We noticed some unusual activity on your Paypal account and are concerned about potential unauthorized access. Your Paypal account is being charged with $ 581.00 We Want to Confarm That this Purchase Is made By You Or Not
And If you want to cancel This payment Or Approve This Payment Kindly Call us on+1(909)550-6050 with your account until you take action.
Your Paypal account is being charged with $ 581.00 We Want to Confirm That this Purchase Is made By You Or Not
And If you want to cancel This payment Or Approve This Payment Kindly Call us on+1(909)550-6050
What’s going on?
We noticed some unusual activity on your PayPal account and are concerned about potential unauthorized account access.
What do I need to do?
If you need help or have any questions, call us at +1(909)550-6050
Sincerely,
PayPal
Toll Free+1(909)550-6050 U.S. (corporate headquarters)
Address- 455 California, Omaha,U.S.94102,
Victim Location 55429
Total money lost $400
Type of a scam Tech Support
I was trying to retrieve my paypal account. I search in Google to find the paypal contact number, 1-888-221-1161. It was a tech support guy sound like he’s Indian accent. He says that in order to change the old phone number on it so that I can change the password I have to download a program from the Google app called techsupport. Its a program where they r connected to you and watch what you are doing. He says that this will guide me through it better this way to help me to resolve my issue of my paypal account. He says that I need to link this to my Wells Fargo account. I login my account and he made me do a Zell transaction 499 dollars to a name Angeliquegardner. He says it won’t take any money this is just to verify the link, this is only a example, if taken then he will reimburse my money. It happen, my money was gone and he says that my account was use by 3 others and they took my money. He says that to catch these guys I have to go to the store and purchase 2 gift cards Google 200 dollars each and this will show my location and help to track the 3 people, after he had the information of the 2 Google cards he transfer me to the manager and his name john miller. He ask me to do Google search and typed geektyper and click it and click script file and click map file. It shows a graph of the world and he says that my phone is locked becuz the 3 people that use my paypal account has share my wellsfargo account to the world of 11 of there members, and he says to get rid of them I need to go to different stores and buy 11 cards 200 dollars each. That’s when I hang up and quickly called my bank account, and reported this to the police, also bought new phone. I lost 400 dollars because I bought those Google cards. But the 499 that was still pending transaction, was blocked by my bank and returned that my money to my account. These programs are called quicksupport in Google pay, and geektyper needs to be ban and taken out of the internet system before more people are going to get hurt like me. I was crying and smoking and drink very hard, very emotion stress. I feel like I lost a peace of my soul.
Victim Location 92243
Type of a scam Counterfeit Product
This is email sent to my personal account: Order Successful.
PyPal Hello, Just wanted to let you know we really appreciate your order. Use Code OFF20 for 20% discount on your next order.
You have 24 Hours from the date of the transaction to open a dispute. For assistance Call 270 977 8659
Purchase ID: 6287496456F Invoice Date: August 31 2020 Total Amount 499.98
Instructions to merchant You do not have any special instruction for merchant.
Your order at Bitcoin Exchange (357 321) Payment Method: PAyPAl
Subtotal : 499.98
Payment: 499.98
Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not recive a response.
Victim Location 92507
Type of a scam Online Purchase
This is the email I received
Mark Willsan
1:11 AM (9 hours ago)
to me, sodbusta, barbstrona, v_a_a_92882, rickm1000, monicaevans, sraju1521, ghooper, dabaum2, l.domash, heatherspringer, lori_cpa, jimdodds1, reliablecoding, starindy317, trinarfrazier, trestis, luiscruzcha, WILLSANS709
Dear Customer,
Order Confirmation(Ref-PPLY89897A7)
Transaction ID: ADASS65234
You have sent a payment of $553.00 USD From Your Paypal Account If you want to cancel This payment Or Approve This Payment Kindly Call us on +1(540) 300-3314
As a security measure, we routinely monitor account activity to prevent fraudulent use of our customers accounts.
We noticed some unusual activity on your Paypal account and are concerned about potential unauthorized access.
Your Paypal account is being charged with $ 553.00 We Want to Confarm That this Purchase Is made By You Or Not
And If you want to cancel This payment Or Approve This Payment Kindly Call us on +1(540) 300-3314
We need your help resolving this issue, and for your safety, we have temporarily limited what you can do with your account until you take action.
Your Paypal account is being charged with $ 553.00 We Want to Confirm That this Purchase Is made By You Or Not
And If you want to cancel This payment Or Approve This Payment Kindly Call us on +1(540) 300-3314
What’s going on?
We noticed some unusual activity on your PayPal account and are concerned about potential unauthorized account access.
What do I need to do?
If you need help or have any questions,
Sincerely,
PayPal
Toll Free- +1(540) 300-3314
U.S. (corporate headquarters)
Address- 455 California, Omaha,U.S.94102,
Victim Location 34224
Type of a scam Tech Support
Hello bbb, I received this fake email that’s wanting my bank or credit card information. I logged on to PayPal.com directly and they didn’t request any information. Email copied below:
From: Customers-U?p?d?a?t?e? ?
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2020, 8:10 AM
Subject: You just received an invitation to apply for the P????a???yP?a????l ?I?i?m?i?t?e?d
Restore Now Your Access Has been Iimited
Dear Customer
We’re having some trouble with your current billing information. We’il try again, but in the meantime you may want to update your payment details. During the next login process. you will be required to provide some informations like (billing info, phone number, payment info).
You will need to restore your account to re-access your PayPal account.
To restore your account:
1. Click "Update Your Account." In the below section.
2. Follow the steps to restore your PayPal account.
Update Your Account
Copyright 1999-2020 PayPal. All rights reserved. PayPal is located at 2211 N. First St., San Jose, CA 95131.
Please do not reply to this email. We are unable to respond to inquiries sent to this address.
For immediate answers to your questions, visit our Help Center by clicking "Help" located on any PayPal page or email.
Victim Location 15224
Total money lost $1,400
Type of a scam Phishing
Its a fake paypal phone number first of all then they tell u your account has been used by other people and to do a security check they need u to buy gift cards and they’ll reimburse u the money back after the security check
Victim Location 10033
Type of a scam Online Purchase
After answering the man spoke low and there was feedback like if another person was listening. He stated that I paid $200 or $300 and that to begin a refund process to get the money back. He mentioned of another person getting a refund and it was simple. I told him I don’t know about a PayPal account and he said maybe I had an account open. He tried to explain to do the refund but I told him I’m uncomfortable with the call
Victim Location 38125
Type of a scam Phishing
I googled the pay pal customer service number and called it. The people are answering phone as pay pal . They told me to add an app on my phone giving them remote access to give me my refund. I hung up immediately. They seem to be free m another country. They are thieves!
Victim Location 43315
Type of a scam Online Purchase
Received email titledPayPal – Support stating I sent a payment of $489.99 to InfoHub Computer Support. When I called to dispute charge, realized it was not PayPal because they were requesting I close current account and reopen another because hackers had accessed it. He said they could not do anything over the phone, that I had to have access to my computer. I was driving at the time so told them I would call back in about an hour. They called my cellphone 17 times before I got home. When I arrived home I called them back and I asked how any charges were approved to begin with since I have 2 step verification process, to which they replied, someone called in pretending to be you and gave info. They then informed me that there were two additional charges and one pending totaling over $1000. I kept requesting they just reverse the charges since it was not me, they kept insisting I close account and reopen one. As I was on phone with them I logged into my PayPal account and saw no such charges, and questioned them about that. To which they replied it takes several days to process. I asked how it could not yet be processed but yet they were willing to ‘refund’ the money. He then asked that I log on to anydesk.com. I refused saying I would not allow remote access to my computer. He started to become irate. I kept questioning who they were with, and he kept avoiding answering, just continuing demands. At which point, I informed him that I was calling the police and he hung up. The number that kept calling me was 805-953-7011
Victim Location 06360
Type of a scam Phishing
Below is what I tried to
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Your PWEQaWEQyWEQPWEQaWEQlWEQ account is temporarily limited
Hello Client,
We noticed that you’ve been using your PWEQaWEQyWEQPWEQaWEQlWEQ account in a questionable manner. To understand this better, we just need more information from you.
To ensure that your account remains secure, we need you to take action on your account. We’ve also temporarily limited certain features in your account
Currently, You won’t be able to:
• Send Payments
• Withdraw Funds
What should you do?
Login to your PWEQaWEQyWEQPWEQaWEQlWEQ account follow the steps and perform the required tasks.
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Once you’ve completed the required tasks, You can safely continue using your PWEQaWEQyWEQPWEQaWEQlWEQ account.
Sincerely,
PWEQaWEQyWEQPWEQaWEQlWEQ
We need to send you this email to let you know about specific changes to your PWEQaWEQyWEQPWEQaWEQlWEQ account. Please do not reply to this email
Copyright © 1999-2020 PWEQaWEQyWEQPWEQaWEQlWEQ. All Right Reserved
Victim Location 94705
Type of a scam Phishing
Mohammed Rizwankhan is a scammer that will use emails like the below to try and steal your money. He has scammed my older uncle out of thousands of dollars in fake invoices and direct wire transfers to india.
Beware
91-9625536603
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FWD: PayPal Transaction
Inbox
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3:21 PM (1 hour ago)
to me
——— Original Message ———
Subject: PayPal Transaction
From: "PayPal Billing"
Date: 3/24/20 5:15 am
To: "
PayPal 24-March-2020
Transaction ID: WUX9Z26614F
Hello,
You sent a payment of $549.99 USD to Norton Antivirus Premium, Symantec LLC ([email protected])
It may take few moments for this transaction to appear in your account.
Merchant Norton LLC
Instructions to merchant You haven’t entered any instructions
Delivery address Confirmed
Dispatch Details- The seller hasn’t provided any dispatch details yet. If you did not approve this payment you can call on Toll free +1 424-2547-464
Description Unit Price
NAV-16 1 USD 549.99
Total USD 549.99
Amount due on customer $549.99
The Charge will appear on your credit card statement as "PAYPAL Symantec LLC
Payment sent to [email protected]
If you have any issues with this transaction?
You have 180 days from date of the transaction to open a dispute in the Resolution center Or Call now on our toll-free Number +1 424-2547-464
Thanks,
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Please do not reply to this email. The mailbox is not monitored, and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log into your PayPal account and click help in the top right corner of any PayPal page. You can receive plain text emails instead of HTML emails. To change your notification preferences log into your PayPal account at www.paypal.com
Copyright© 1999-2020 PayPal Inc. All rights reserved.
PayPal Services. Users are advised to read the terms and conditions carefully.
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A few things here.
1. Paypal will never send you a bill from another service (Norton for example). These companies have paid subscriptions that are either monthly or annually billed and they have internal departments that would handle this.
2. This is coming from a gmail account not a paypal.com account
Victim Location 89107
Type of a scam Phishing
Fw: [Activity Reminder] Information Account Limited #67668 [Mail Support] : Attachment – Please verify your account information in 24hour(s) Date: 03/24/2020 / reff_46850 [FWD]
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Victim Location 10010
Type of a scam Phishing
*** *** To:Paypal Billing
Mon, Mar 23 at 9:19 AM
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS BOGUS AND IS NOT MINE!!! KINDLY VOID THIS SHAM
On Monday, March 23, 2020, 12:32:26 AM EDT, Paypal Billing wrote:
PayPal
Date:03/21/2020
Payment ID:367209055E7567090M
Hi
You made a Transaction of 499.99 towards Secure Core Computers llc.
The usual time to show in the statement is 48 working hours.
For help Dial +1 (800) 851-5062
READ ME:
This Email may reach your spam box in case of ip dislocation of machine.
Reciever
Secure Core Computers llc. Note to Reciever
No Special request made to Product providing Company.
Description Unit price Qty Amount
Your order at Secure Core Computers llc. (856342) 449.99 1 449.99
Subtotal 449.99
Total 449.99
Payment 449.99
Charge will appear on your credit card statement as ‘Secure Core Computers llc.’
Transaction sent to Secure Core Computers llc.
Issues with this Payment?
You have 10 days from the date of the transaction to open a dispute.
For help Dial +1 (800) 851-5062
PayPal
410 Terry Ave N
Seattle Washington 98145
United States
NOTE:This email might appear in your jusk or spam box if ip changes Frequently ] .
Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response.
Victim Location 89019
Type of a scam Phishing
A recording stated that my PayPal Account was compromised
Victim Location 65737
Type of a scam Phishing
I have received two emails saying that I have a $300 charge on my account to Micro computer solutions. I don’t know of any such company or haven’t made any charge using a paypal account.
Victim Location 54548
Type of a scam Online Purchase
On face book it was listed as Malwarebytes free down load I did a down load and thought it was fine. Looking at my e-mails I discovered a company called Micro Tech Computer Security LLC associated with pay pal. They were going to charge me $245.97. I contacted the number provided and they did not answer the phone as paypal, sounded funny, asked me for purchase number, which I gave, then they wanted to access my computer, I refused. I then contacted pay pal who confirmed that I did not have an account with them as I told them that. Had contact with Malwarebytes who said they would do a scan to see if I was infected. Have not heard from them. Contacted my bank, does not show a charge, and contacted my credit card company, they confirmed no charge, I am receiveing these e-mails and I am concerned as Maywarebytes has not contacted me. I believe they are a scam and using pay pal as their back up assuming everyone has one, and or trying to access the computer on pretense that they will refund the charge, which I now know would give them access to everything that I have on it. Please check them out as I am very concerned. Thank you
Victim Location 75034
Total money lost $300
Type of a scam Phishing
I had a negative balance in my PayPal so I called them seeking to resolve this quickly. Looking back I definitely called the wrong number. I’m so exhausted with the whole thing now. The person on the other end answered as a PayPal and asked for my name and email address. The guy told me I needed to load 100 on a google play card and they need the code on the back to secure the account because it looked like more than one IP address logged into my PayPal account. Said that someone from South Dakota and Nebraska accessed my account. He kept asking if I shared my password with anyone else. I kept saying no. I also told him I don’t have the money to put on a google play card and he said that the money would be refunded and the negative balance will also be resolved. He also told me that PayPal was recently compromised which is why I see the negative balance. When I bought it and gave the code on the back he then transferred me to someone named Jason Trautman who said he is one of the Senior representatives for PayPal at the corporate office. He gave me an employee ID 14905 and the corporate address for PayPal. He told me I would need to get two more cards and give the “security code” on the back saying it’ll secure my PayPal account and no one else will to be able to access it again. Once is provided the last two numbers, I was put on hold for more than 20 mins and then the line disconnected and I could get an answer again.
Victim Location 78538
Total money lost $2,750
Type of a scam Tech Support
Initially, I wanted to transfer Paypal funds to my bank. I searched for the customer service number on Google and chose the top searched number. A man was attending my call for 4 minutes and then the call dropped. I tried the number again and asked if the same person could help, but the call dropped again after 44 seconds.
A few minutes later I realized that I had 5 missed calls from the same number.
When I returned the call a man by the name of Leeroy Johnson attended my request, but he said that my paypal account was on hold since it was not verified. To verify my account and transfer my $232.74 to the bank he said that I had to match that amount. So, he asked me to purchase $250 worth of Google Play Cards from either Dollar General, Walgreens, or Walmart. Since I was fresh to the whole Paypal process, I went ahead and followed every single instruction. When I would buy the cards, he would ask me to give him the scratch-code in the back. Then he would say that the servers were not accepting some of the cards, so he would generate a refund-text-message to my phone saying that my money was refunded to my paypal account, which I was locked out of because he had already switched my password. However, I didn’t realize that he had done so until everything happened.
After I told him that I had no more money to purchase cards, he said that a $2750 refund was ready to be sent from my paypal account for all the cards I had purchased, but that I had to pay $550 for taxes since it would be an overseas transaction. And that I would get refunded the $550 the next day.
Next, I called my sister to see if she could loan me the $550 for taxes, but my sister made me realize that it was a huge scam. She called another Paypal rep, and they said that their verification process did not involve buying Google Play Cards. She even spoke to the scammer, but he would reply to every question calmly and professionally as if he was a Paypal rep. We finally hung up the phone, but then he called twice until my sister said to stop calling.
He was on the phone with me for 4 hours, making me drive around different stores to buy Google Play Cards. I bought a total of 16 cards. I already closed my bank account and filed a police report. I have all the evidence. I will be pressing charges.
Victim Location 29680
Total money lost $75
Type of a scam Phishing
I was locked out of my PayPal account. I called a number from my google search that said PayPal official site. The FAKE PayPal representative told me that he needed a Google Play code in order to unlock my PayPal Account. He told me to go to the store and purchase a $75.00 Google Play card and give him the code on the back. when I did, he told me that the code did not work and purchase another card for $100. He had just took the money off the Google Play card that I just purchased for $75.00. I then realized I got scammed. When I called the FAKE PayPal number, he know my address, cell number, the accounts linked to my PayPal account. I thought he was legit.
Victim Location 77084
Type of a scam Credit Cards
They asked to buy google play card and give code.
Victim Location 44115
Total money lost $400
Type of a scam Phishing
I was waiting to receive a package. It was never received. I called Pay Pal. I got their number off the internet. I Googled their number 888-221-1161. They said there was confusion over who would receive the package. I needed to prove I was the receiver. They told me to get a Google Play card for $200 to authorize i was the receiver. I got the card. I called and gave the numbers off the back. They said it did not go thru. Told me to get another $100. two $100 cards. I called and gave the numbers. I lost $400. I reported this to Google. I also filed a police report. Google stated they would investigate.
Victim Location 32503
Type of a scam Tech Support
I asked them questions about a PayPal feature, but they had no idea what I was talking about. It sounded like he was eating and there were people in the background. There was no automated system. They put me on hold several times and even pretended that the call was breaking up. The guy asked if they could call me back. He got my name and phone number from me before I realized that it was a scam.
Victim Location 84088
Total money lost $50
Type of a scam Business Email Compromise
I called from google looking for pay pal customer service and they told me people hacked into my account and needed google play cards to remove and block hackers and I continue to call back and they are making threats as I give them false numbers and letters spelling out bad words
Victim Location 83402
Total money lost $500
Type of a scam Phishing
I received an email from Paypal stating that my account has been hacked. They asked me to go out and get 5 $100 gift cards from Google Play and give them the numbers. I ended up giving them all of the numbers to the google play cards. They then requested me to get 2 $500 gift cards and they stated that they would be able to catch the rest of the hackers that were in my paypal account. They then stated that they were going to notify the ScamPulse.com and the Federal Trade Commission of the "hackers". They then said I would get all of the money back from the Google Play gift cards. The person’s name that I was talking to goes by the name of Johnny.
Victim Location 97030
Type of a scam Credit Repair/Debt Relief
I went to google and typed in PayPal. I saw the number listed above and called. Someone instantly answered, I heard multiple people talking in background. I expressed my concern of a payment not being applied to my paypal account. I was asked to verify my name, number, and address. I did so. I was then sent a text message in which I was told it was a security code and to tell them the code when I got it, which was 013405 and said PayPal, I did so. At this time the person was able to see my PayPal account. Told me of payments and purchases I had made and then informed me the payment that was not applied went to Nigeria. I was then told to go to Safeway and purchase a $100 google card and call back, give him the data and the amount would be applied to my account. That made no sense. I asked him what his name was, he said Daniel Johnson. Because he had such a strong accent, I did laugh and say really, then what department do you work in with PayPal. He hung up. I looked at my phone and had a notification that my PayPal password had been changed. I called the number on the notification. I found that who ever the person was accessed my paypal account and changed the password.
Victim Location 72134
Type of a scam Phishing
Nothing but foreign people answering your call claiming to be Paypal support, but they’re really attempting to access your computer via remote access so they can seize any funds you have.
Victim Location 45069
Total money lost $1,000
Type of a scam Tech Support
PayPal Fiasco – January 29, 2019
1) Googled for phone number for PayPal.
2) Got number 888-738-1421
3) Called that number. It was answered ag PayPal, Steve speaking.
4) I explained that I was expecting a PayPal payment of between $4700 – 5,000. I asked if there would be a charge to me for this transfer. Answer was NO. Steve than asked if there was anything else, he could help me with. I told him that I hadn’t used PayPal for some time, that I had confirmed that the account was still open, but that I needed to update the banking and credit card information. Steve said that it wasn’t a problem, but he could help me.
5) He explained that I needed to get my account verified and that I needed an authacation #
6) Steve said that I get an authacation # card at Kroger, Walgreens, or Walmart. He told me not to hang up, but to drive to Kroger, and he would tell me how to get the card. I drove to Kroger, Steve told me to go to the gift card rack. I did. He told me to find the authication card from PayPal. Told him that I didn’t see any, and he asked if there were Google Play cards. He asked what domination, and I told you 10-500. He told me to take the 10-500 card to checkout, but not to tell them that I was using it for authacation because they would charge sales tax.
7) After I paid for the card, Steve told me to go back to my car. He asked me how I had paid for the card and he wanted the last four #’s. I told him I used my Chase Card with ending #’s- 4231. He had me scratch off the code # and read it to him. The told me not to leave the parking lot, and he was moving the authacation process along.
8) A lady then came on the phone, said that I needed to get another card to complete the authacation process. I complained a bit, but she assured me that I was the only way I could get my account approved to accept the large some of money. I went back into Kroger, and purchased another $500 Google Play card. She told me to return to the car again. She wanted to know how I had paid and the last 4 #’s. I gave her my Capital one #’s – 6254. She also had me scratch off the numbers. I gave the numbers to her, and she said that the number was incorrect. I reread it to her. She said that the second reading was correct, but that because of the mistake I had made, her computer had locked up. She said that the only way I could get the account opened, was that I had to go get two more cards.
9) I told her I wasn’t going to do it, and let’s stop the process. She said again, that I wasn’t spending money, because all the card purchased were going to be applied to my account when it was opened and approved. I told her I wasn’t buying more cards. She transferred me to a man was said that he was in charge of the credit department.
10) I was standing in Kroger’s telling the man that I was done buying cards, and he could open the account of forget it. While I was talking to the man, a Kroger employee came up to me and told me that I stop because I was being scammed. I told the guy what I had just been told, and he said , OK he had approved my account and it was open, and that the money had been put into the account. I asked him how he was crediting my account since I hadn’t given an account number, so he asked for my checking # and I gave it to him. At that point he said to finish, I had to buy one more card for $300. At that I told him is over, and I hung up.
11) I rushed home and phoned Google Play card and talked to Amy. She checked the codes on the cards, and found that the $ was gone. She wrote up a report for their security dept. and send me an email regarding what I should do including filing a report with FTC. (Copy of her email attached.)
12) We called Capital one and Chase bank and let them know what had happened. They both filed reports, and closed the credit cards.
13) We then called Chase Bank and had the checking account closed also.
14) Got a different number for PayPal 888-221-1161. Called them to see if by any chance I had been dealing with them. They said that is the way they do business.
15) I started checking my email account, and found emails from [email protected] regarding: a) my password had been changed, b) someone had cancelled an agreement between eBay and PayPal on my behalf.
16) My google email password had be changed also. I had my grand-daughter help me and we got the google account straightened out.
17) My PayPal account is still on hold.
18) I filed a report with the West Chester Police. Report # 19-0335
19) I have dialed the number 888-738-1421 twice since above activity, and each time the phone is answered as PayPal. Each time a male answered. Different names.
Victim Location 23703
Type of a scam Nigerian/Foreign Money Exchange
I received a message off of "Let go" in reference to someone wanting to buy my phone. He said hed pay over the amount that I listed the phone for, plus shipping costs. He stated that it was for his son for his birthday. We exchanged phone numbers and I gave him my paypal email since we was very adimant on using paypal for the transaction. He told me "paypal is reliable" Or something along those lines to convince me to use it for our transaction. He started texting me and pushing me to rush the process. Then while I was at the post office (he told me to ship it through USPS express) I received an email supposedly from PayPal. He told me that it was an email from PayPal and told me to ship it to the location stated in that email which was in Africa Nigeria. He then told me that once I ship the phone, I just click the link in the email "Reply the shipping tracking number here to proceed with the payment." He then told me that once I shipped the phone, and gave him the tracking number, that the money would then show up in my PayPal account. I then googled the address that he wanted me to ship the phone to which I found out was not a real mailing address/location. Immediately I knew it was a scam. Once I stopped responding to his texts he called me twice, and texted me multiple times saying "hello?" "Whats the update?" Etc. I never responded and he never was able to scam me. Please be aware from these fake transactions. PayPal never requests for tracking information before you receive any money!
Victim Location 98056
Type of a scam Online Purchase
I believe the attached email might be a fraudulent PayPal email. See screenshot attached. After doing some research I came across guidance from the ScamPulse.com which recommends forwarding said “fraudulent email” to [email protected]
These are my repro steps performed prior to suspecting the below email was fraudulent. These steps were all performed on my mobile phone. I clicked the link below (outlined in orange) and entered my paypal username and password. I didn’t take any further action on the portal after this.
When I forwarded the “fraudulent” email to [email protected] I got an error message and when I check my sent folder, the “To” line indicates “No recipient”. Now I’m unclear if “[email protected]” is even a legitimate email account. Please help!!
*At the time of submitting this note, I have not lost any money but will keep monitoring my accounts.Any guidance is greatly appreciated.
Type of a scam Phishing
Your account access is limited Dear Customer We noticed some unsual activity on your PayPal account and are concerned about potential unauthorized account access. What’s going on?
We want to help ensure PayPal is a secure place to do business. We noticed some changes in your account that require further verification. During this time, you may not have access to certain account activities. Please review the Account impact section for more information about what you can and cannot do. Impact on account Reference ID: PP 106-901-286-351
Account impact ? Receive money ? Pay using PayPal ? Refund money to customers ? Send money or payments ? Withdraw money from PayPal What to do next Please log in to your PayPal account and complete the steps to confirm your identity and recent account activity. To help protect your account, access will remain limited until you complete the necessary steps. Login To PayPal Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. Sincerely PayPal
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PayPal PPC000478:1.8.1:ba11e923b5b0e
Victim Location 45385
Type of a scam Tech Support
My grandmother tried to talk to an agent on PayPal app and they gave her a number. Upon calling they told her to get a refund owed to her she had to buy a $100 Google play gift card and they would refund her $200 when she said no they became rude and vulgar
Victim Location 76354
Total money lost $300
Type of a scam Phishing
I googled Pay pal contact number. The first one that came up for phone I clicked on it. A company claimed to be Pay pal but was hard to understand. They eventually said to give them a prepaid card with $287 on it because thats how much has been taken from us. We did with a Google play card. He hung up on us after that!! I’m so mad right now
Victim Location 63303
Type of a scam Identity Theft
Sent an email under the guise of Paypal, saying it limited access to my account and have to give all my information to regain access. I attached the pdf file it sent to me via email. I’m monitoring my accounts still, but nothing serious has happened yet.
Victim Location 10463
Total money lost $2,500
Type of a scam Phishing
Fake PayPal operating from numerous (855) area code requesting Google play card. The amount to be reimbursed to a debit card.
Please help investigate!
Victim Location 90744
Type of a scam Other
they had call me from this number and ask me to confirm my last 4 digits of my bank account in pay pal.i found out they have use my pay pal bank link accounts transferring money from one account to another to make purchases in ebay ,wich i link to my pay pal account.they purchase more than *** dls and i have no respond either from eBay or pay pal after reporting this .i track the number and it shows telemarketer and they have a lot of complaints of people that have been ripe off from them.
also the address for this phone number is a land line in omaha n.e under the name of tchaa a assih that the only info i have and know i have to wait and see if i can recuperate my money.Seller info
eBay – Macs Direct (macsdirect)
Purchase details
NEW DJI Phantom 4 Pro Quadcopter Drone 4K60 Gimbal-Stabilized 20MP Camera SEALED$*** Item #312060035215
Total$***
Seller info
eBay – CellElectronix, LLC (cellelectronix)
214-600-8630
http://cellelectronix.com
Purchase details
BRAND NEW SEALED Bose QuietComfort 35 QC35 Series II Noise Cancelling Headphones (Qty 2)$637.98
Item #183053616434
Total$***
all using pay pal.