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1492
Moderator
Jan 21, 2023

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 Now' button to complete the transaction on PayPal is real. Though one would have to be totally naive to do so. Would make the scammers life that much more easier.

The obvious problems with the email include.
  • No idea who Jennifer Perry is.
  • The email is from @intl.paypal.com which is a known email address used for phishing scams.


Though what the scammer is really trying to get you to do, is to call the supplied 1-888-###-#### in the 'Note' to dispute the "completed" transaction, when 'no' such transaction actually occurred. My guess is the scammer will pose as a legit sounding PayPal customer service rep. in order to obtain your account information they need to cancel this (fake) transaction. The scammer can then perform their own financial transactions from your account.

I did forward the email to PayPal security.



  • wildtoad's avatar
    wildtoad
    Explorer II
    Jan 21, 2023
    Ha! I too dumped PayPal & eBay for their political positions. Haven’t looked back.


    rk911 wrote:
    time2roll wrote:
    Not a reflection on PayPal.
    This junk is all around. Nothing looks legit. Maybe drop the AOL.


    agreed but we dropped paypal after their little TOS event where they were gonna fine people who posted "disinformation" (AKA a different opinion). and eBay is no longer about small, individual sellers. hasn't been for a while. since i no longer use eBay I no longer needed PayPal.
  • rk911's avatar
    rk911
    Explorer
    Jan 21, 2023
    time2roll wrote:
    Not a reflection on PayPal.
    This junk is all around. Nothing looks legit. Maybe drop the AOL.


    agreed but we dropped paypal after their little TOS event where they were gonna fine people who posted "disinformation" (AKA a different opinion). and eBay is no longer about small, individual sellers. hasn't been for a while. since i no longer use eBay I no longer needed PayPal.
  • time2roll's avatar
    time2roll
    Nomad
    Jan 21, 2023
    Not a reflection on PayPal.
    This junk is all around. Nothing looks legit. Maybe drop the AOL.
  • Fizz's avatar
    Fizz
    Explorer
    Jan 21, 2023
    Just now on our local news they showed some poor sod who was taken for $40,000 !!!
  • rk911's avatar
    rk911
    Explorer
    Jan 21, 2023
    we no longer have a PayPal account. or an eBay account for that matter.

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