Received money by mistake

RB123
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I received money from a person I do not know and they have now contacted me directly asking me to return this. I do not know how they got hold of my email address.

 

Have read that there is a scam using stolen credit cards to send false payments, demand a refund and then raise a dispute so repayment gets paid twice. Is this true?

 

What should I do? I am concerned that by hitting "refund money" I am alerting a scammer to an active email address and active paypal account.

 

Thanks.

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Whac-A-Mole
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they know your Paypal email address anyway,this is how they can send you payment.

just find the transaction and refund in full.

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