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PayPal Scam
Jul 6, 2022 07:47:16 #
Penny MG wrote:
Good to know! Thanks!
The absolute ONLY response to any of these obvious scams is NONE!!! Do not even allow them to determine that you exist by offering any kind of response!!!
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Jul 6, 2022 07:53:57 #
Juy
Loc: Delaware
I got the same email only mine was $799.00 other than that identical. Just looked at PayPal account to confirm it's not there.
Jul 6, 2022 08:43:50 #
sodapop wrote:
The use of "dear" is a giveaway too
Yea. No one uses that salutation in a letter anymore.
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Jul 6, 2022 09:13:45 #
I’m in the process of selling something and am using PayPal. I got an offer to purchase and sent a money request. I was asked when I would mail it out. I asked where it was mailing to and was told New York. I said as soon as the money is in my PayPal,account but not before Tuesday because there a holiday on Monday. Response was “what holiday? How do you call it?” Then yesterday I got an email from the person on a PayPal letterhead telling me the money is in my account. Of course it wasn’t. I can’t print my response here. Made me wonder if people actually fall for this kind of scam.
Jul 6, 2022 09:18:37 #
GeneinChi wrote:
I’m in the process of selling something and am usi... (show quote)
Sadly, many do. That's why they keep doing it.
Jul 6, 2022 09:34:20 #
edwdickinson wrote:
The strange syntax is usually a clue.
Yes, "dear" and "kindly" aren't American business terms.
Jul 6, 2022 09:35:11 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
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.
Buford Mceachern <bufordmceachern795@gmail.com>
Notice the date of the order.
The "kindly verify" is a giveaway. Businesses don't talk like that.Yeah, I got three of those. In checking my PayPal account on the first one there was an actual $400 invoice pending in my account. I denied the charge immediately. The other two never appeared in my account.
Stan
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Jul 6, 2022 09:38:32 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Yes, "dear" and "kindly" aren't American business terms.
When did "Dear" as a salutation go away for business letters?
Jul 6, 2022 09:50:19 #
bamfordr
Loc: Campbell CA
Longshadow wrote:
Yea, I received a bunch of them for a while. Bit C... (show quote)
“Forward” is the quickest way I know to see the sender’s actual address. And then the email is set up to actually forward to the people who handle spoof at the company or agency (if the company or agency provides that service).
Jul 6, 2022 10:11:31 #
sgt hop
Loc: baltimore md,now in salisbury md
i get quite a few of these...most go right to scam folder........every day i get ones telling my norton or mcfee virus has expired....never had either.......
Jul 6, 2022 10:13:52 #
Just Shoot Me
Loc: Ithaca, NY
I get them too. They tell me that my PayPal account has been charged X amount of dollars.
I laugh because I don't have a PayPal account.
I send it along to PayPal and let them deaL with it.
Ron
I laugh because I don't have a PayPal account.
I send it along to PayPal and let them deaL with it.
Ron
Jul 6, 2022 10:19:36 #
bamfordr wrote:
“Forward” is the quickest way I know to see the sender’s actual address. And then the email is set up to actually forward to the people who handle spoof at the company or agency (if the company or agency provides that service).
Even forward will display the spoofed email address. Looking at the header information shows the actual IP address where the email originated (last in the list, the originating server itself. Almost always not the domain listed in "From:".), regardless of the "email" displayed. The header information is required to do any accurate evaluation.
Jul 6, 2022 10:50:29 #
I recently received the exact same email and chose to report it to PayPal who confirmed it was a scam. PayPal encourages everyone who receives a questionable email purportedly from them to forward it to Spoof@PayPal.com.
Jul 6, 2022 12:40:24 #
If it’s especially egregious (I get about 5 a day) I forward it to “abuse@the ISP/email provider in the hope that they might shut down the account.
Jul 6, 2022 12:50:13 #
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.
Buford Mceachern <bufordmceachern795@gmail.com>
Notice the date of the order.
The "kindly verify" is a giveaway. Businesses don't talk like that.Forward the original email to:
spoof@paypal.com
Don't know how much it will actually help.
Good luck
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