BEWARE: Paypal Spam (1 Viewer)

[NotRealNameNoSir]

Got a few different of these crap emails from service@paypal.com . Clearly a scam but more convincing than many others, gives a garbage number to call to rectify issue. Just a warning, holiday season is prime time for these scumbags. Log in to your paypal separately to check for activity, and never click any links.

 

[RichMahogany]

I remember getting a similar one many years ago.

Looked exactly like a PayPal invoice, upon closer inspection, the header said PyPal lol

 

[NotRealNameNoSir]

I remember getting a similar one many years ago.

Looked exactly like a PayPal invoice, upon closer inspection, the header said PyPal lol

Yeah, really similar formatting but an odd "reply-To" and garbage return numbers. They grabbed my Paypal email from somewhere, I definitely looked twice at it.

 

[EastCoastCali]

Appreciate the heads up with this kinda stuff, thank you.

 

[shorticus]

Always good to keep everyone reminded. Good job!

 

[JMC9389]

I've gotten these fake requests before, just reported it and deleted it.

Good reminder to set two factor authentication. Just disable it before a Chip Room sale and re-enable it afterwards.

 

[upNdown]

Interesting. I’ve gotten a couple of these recently too. They were both for computers. I haven’t been shopping for a computer in a while, but they looked so convincing I did a memory double-take.

 

[chippitydoodah]

I'm Larry Ayers
Where's my money?

 

[NotRealNameNoSir]

Just another bump, another round of these
Go out around the holidays, they must work to some degree.

Every phone number and link leads you to mouthbreathing scammers.