PayPal Money Request Scam
Received this legit looking PayPal money request phishing email. I'm sure others on the forums have received similar scam emails at one point. All the links go to legit PayPal website. Even the 'Pay...
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wildtoad wrote:
My brother in law had his email account hacked and the hacker sent out emails from that account. The emails requested for the recipient to create an Amazon E-gift card and send it to a specified email address. Being suspicious I called my BIL and he was unaware that his account had been hacked. He had to call his provider and reclaim his account.
Net is if it looks suspicious, check it out.
One of the TV shows I watch is Blue Bloods.
Grandpa Regan was shopping and noticed a woman buying a bunch of Gift Cards... (Yup she got scammed) he was able to bust the scammers but they were not able to recover her loss.
When they say "Send gift cards" that's not a red flag.. that's RED FLAG!!!!!!!!!.
And there are dozens of others.. I've seen a lot of 'em both in my time on the net and my time on the job.
I'm still waiting for the Scammer to tell me my Grandson was in an accident and needs bond money to get out of jail (He is not yet 10 years old).
