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Hey Everybody!
In an effort to make things easier to find and research, I'm going to consolidate as many threads as possible where we have examples of people trying to defraud hard working sellers (Craigslist emails, 'PayPal' emails asking you to send money outside of PayPal, etc). This will also be used as a master thread for future posts regarding this same situation.
When you post your examples here, please remember to not include last names or contact information of whoever is sending these emails. There's no way to confirm if that person has been defrauded as well and the name is being used fraudulently.
Thanks for your cooperation and remember, keep the conversation productive, on task, and above all, keep it clean. I know these things can be difficult and frustrating, but bleep filled posts or posts that look like government redacted files will never benefit anyone. 😄
Andy
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I just got an email from <removed> saying someone might be using my account so could I log in and verify. I'm still laughing about it.
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100% sure this is a phishing email from some bot. Just thought to share. Even the link is https.
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What was the real email address of the sender. It was truncated in the image.
It would be helpful to show that address to also show the first spoofed address shows PayPal but the hidden real address would not be PayPal.
Your analysis, however, is correct and shows the dangerous link.
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Ok. Good. Other steps I suggest to follow is:
- Login to PayPal
- At the bottom, click on a link that says "Security."
- Towards the bottom, click on another link that says "Stop fraudulent emails or website" and the steps for your country should be there.
For the US, you could just forward the email to spoof@paypal.com. Reporting these emails helps protect yourself and everyone else, too. So, thank you, for what you do. Your government might also have other steps you can follow, make sure to follow those, as well.
Did this help? Let me know by giving me some kudos and selecting this as the solution. Otherwise, go ahead and reply to this forum with the correct solution. Also, help other's in this community! Enjoy!
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THIS IS A TYPICAL PAYPAL SCAM.
They encourage you to use paypal and may ask you to send the item internationally. They don't quibble on cost and may offer to pay you more to tempt you into sending the item.
If its Ebay then they WILL NOT use Ebay checkout as they DO NOT have a Paypal account. They tell you that they will pay you direct via Paypal but its all done via SPOOF EMAILS / FAKES.
You will get/got a "fake" email that looks as though it is from paypal.....it isn't.
It will say the buyer has paid ...you won't have been paid.
They will tell you that the payment is released when you provide paypal with a tracking/shipping number......this won't happen.
They also threaten legal action or send more fake paypal messages to try and convince you of new policies etc to prevent fraud.......... LOL
Paypal NEVER tell you to send an item before the payment is showing in your paypal account.
Paypal do not tell you to send trackable, they advise it for selling protection but it is not compulsory.
Paypal does not do Escrow.
Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.
Advice is voluntary.
Kudos / Solution appreciated.
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