PayPal Scam: I just received the email below from Buford McEachern Buford Mceachern <bufordmceachern795@gmail.com> Notice the date of the order. :sm02: The "kindly verify" is a...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I just received the email below from Buford McEachern
Buford Mceachern <bufordmceachern795@gmail.com>

Notice the date of the order.

The "kindly verify" is a giveaway. Businesses don't talk like that.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Yea, I received a bunch of them for a while. Bit Coin, Crypto, ...
I've even "bought" computers for people in other states.

Unless you look at the actual email header info, the email in the "From:" is 99.999% spoofed.
They're just using the PayPal image(s), which can be easily copied.
(And why would it come from a gmail account and not a PayPal account.)

I mark them as spam and delete them.
They probably want you to call the number so they can "credit" your account.
Of course you'll have to give then the appropriate account number(s) to get the "credit"...

And guess what else, I don't have a PayPal account.

BassmanBruce Loc: Middle of the Mitten

Longshadow wrote:

And of course I don't have a PayPal account.

Yeah, that’s a bit of a tell.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

BassmanBruce wrote:

Yeah, that’s a bit of a tell.

But if they send enough out, they'll find someone who does, and calls without checking their PayPal account first.

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

jerryc41 wrote:

I just received the email below from Buford McEachern
Buford Mceachern <bufordmceachern795@gmail.com>

Notice the date of the order.

The "kindly verify" is a giveaway. Businesses don't talk like that.

I've received them for PayPal, Costco, BJ'S, and a few other retailers. What the scammers are counting on is someone requesting to cancel the order and refund their money. The scammer will then ask for access to your computer to issue a refund. Some folks fall for it and, like me, others just delete them.

Penny MG Loc: Fresno, Texas

jerryc41 wrote:

I just received the email below from Buford McEachern
Buford Mceachern <bufordmceachern795@gmail.com>

Notice the date of the order.

The "kindly verify" is a giveaway. Businesses don't talk like that.

I got one of them last week. I told the man my PayPal account was closed over 12 years ago. He told me I'd have to give him my information to re-close the account. I told him not quite so politely that I didn't open it so He could deal with closing it. I told him this was obviously a scam and he just started laughing.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Penny MG wrote:

I got one of them last week. I told the man my PayPal account was closed over 12 years ago. He told me I'd have to give him my information to re-close the account. I told him not quite so politely that I didn't open it so He could deal with closing it. I told him this was obviously a scam and he just started laughing.

Be careful of some of those phone numbers. (I won't call them.) Some may be "charge per minute", not toll-free. The longer they keep you on the line, the more it costs. Especially if the area code is 284, 809, or 876.

BebuLamar

Penny MG wrote:

I got one of them last week. I told the man my PayPal account was closed over 12 years ago. He told me I'd have to give him my information to re-close the account. I told him not quite so politely that I didn't open it so He could deal with closing it. I told him this was obviously a scam and he just started laughing.

Ask him how much money he makes by scaming people?

Penny MG Loc: Fresno, Texas

[quote=BebuLamar]Ask him how much money he makes by scaming people?[/quo

I should have done that.

Penny MG Loc: Fresno, Texas

Longshadow wrote:

Be careful of some of those phone numbers. (I won't call them.) Some may be "charge per minute", not toll-free. The longer they keep you on the line, the more it costs. Especially if the area code is 284, 809, or 876.

Good to know! Thanks!

andrec1 Loc: Tucson, AZ

jerryc41 wrote:

I just received the email below from Buford McEachern
Buford Mceachern <bufordmceachern795@gmail.com>

Notice the date of the order.

The "kindly verify" is a giveaway. Businesses don't talk like that.

I got one too. The dead giveaway was (Dear PayPal user). I sent it to spoof@paypal.com

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

I get those all the time!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Penny MG wrote:

I got one of them last week. I told the man my PayPal account was closed over 12 years ago. He told me I'd have to give him my information to re-close the account. I told him not quite so politely that I didn't open it so He could deal with closing it. I told him this was obviously a scam and he just started laughing.

Funny

sodapop Loc: Bel Air, MD

The use of "dear" is a giveaway too

edwdickinson Loc: Ardmore PA

jerryc41 wrote:

I just received the email below from Buford McEachern
Buford Mceachern <bufordmceachern795@gmail.com>

Notice the date of the order.

The "kindly verify" is a giveaway. Businesses don't talk like that.

The strange syntax is usually a clue.