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Fake paypal send money11/25/2023 ![]() Treat any contact you receive out of the blue with caution. You should also then keep an eye out for any follow-up scams that could occur if you’ve given contact details, such as your email address or phone number, away to fraudsters. Your bank should work with you to cancel your card, block any pending payments (if required) and refund the money you’ve lost. If you’ve given sensitive information, such as your bank/card details, away over the phone or via a phishing website, it’s vital that you contact your bank via its official channels as soon as possible. I think I’ve lost money to this scam, what should I do? If you call these numbers, it’s likely that you will be put in touch directly with the scammers, who will go on to attempt to extort your bank/card information. A Google search of these numbers reveals a large number of reports of bank transfers and PayPal scams. ![]() They then provide a phone number that has nothing to do with PayPal. "If you think you did not make this transaction, call us right away" They are relying on you taking action on the following statement: Panic is a common tactic of scammers, who hope you’ll take action before taking a moment to assess whether a communication is genuine.īut because this email has been generated via PayPal’s systems, the scammers need to direct you away from PayPal. The ‘notes’ that the scammers have written attempt to panic you into believing your PayPal account has been compromised, money has been lost and that you must take action immediately in order to rectify the situation. It’s within this note that the scam takes place. The PayPal invoice facility generates an ‘estimate’ and allows users to add a note to the recipient. They appear to have named their own account ‘Billing department of PayPal’ in order to try to make themselves appear as the brand within the email. ![]() In these cases, the scammers appear to have used PayPal to send fake invoices to an unknown number of email addresses. How does it look like these emails were sent by PayPal? In these cases, the ‘gift cards’ in question are stated as ASDA and John Lewis, but a variety of other brands, such as UK supermarkets and other well-known retailers, have also been used in attempts to appear convincing. The emails claim your account ‘may have been illegally accessed’ and goes on to say that an amount of money has been ‘deducted from your account’ in order to cover the costs of gift cards.
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