PAYPAL SCAM with Western Union

[redronky]

Dear "They actually put my real name in here."

This email confirms that you have received an Instant payment of $1,700.00 CAD from Lisa MaXXXo

View the   "NOTE" of this pending transaction below

 

Payment Details

Merchandise Amount:

 

$1,000.00 CAD

  Agent Charges:
 
  Taxes and Insurance:
 
  Total:

 

  $700.00 CAD
 
 
  $0,000.00 CAD
 
  $1,700.00 CAD

Transaction Id:

 

9XR6056157684563M

  Quantity:

 

  1

                                         

 Merchandise Title:

 

"Vintage Teak Furniture"

                                       

Transport Company: Freight Forwarder

                                                   

    Name: Steven Obrain
    Add: 312 Slocum Close,London.
    City: London,
    Post Code: SE6 1HA,
    Country: United Kingdom.

                                                                                  

Address Status:

                      

 Confirmed

                                         

NOTE:  This is to confirm to you that the said amount has been successfully transferred by Lisa Macedo and has been deducted from his PayPal account,which is ready to be credited into your account,been that this Payment has been subjected to be a Payment for an MERCHANDISE purchased from you, we reserve the right to make sure this transaction is safe and secured also to verify the legitimacy level on this transaction because of the high sum of funds involved.

The above sum includes the charges of the shipping company and taxes.(as per PayPal MERCHANDISE PAYMENT POLICY). You will receive a Message from the PayPal Customer Verification Department Shortly informing you on how to send the shipping charges and taxes to the transport company to the above details as soon as possible.

You can reply to this message directly using the reply button in your email to submit the required information or to contact the PayPal Customer Verification Department and include either transaction ID or reference number (PP307) quick recognition of this transaction.

Sincerely,
PayPal

PayPal Email ID PP307

[kernowlass]

I don't understand how folks fall for it though, do they really think that paypal want them to use a rival service rather than themselves??

And why do people send items before the payment is showing in their paypal accounts??

[redronky]

Yeah, they even had the PAYPAL logo, which I know is easy to copy, still made it kind of legit looking.  I got suspicious as to why they were going to deposit $700 extra dollars and requiring me to ship to UK.  The poorer English was also a tip off at the bottom of the email.  The scary part now for me, is that sometimes deposits do actually show up in one's PayPal account using fraudulent sources.

Here is the threatening Email, complete with PAYPal logos I received after not having fallen for the scam.

:

Hello "My real name was put here."

   We are contacting you regarding your Transaction with Lisa MaXXXo. We are still expecting to receive the necessary Western Union Information from you, and you are required to send the Western Union information to us immediately or the necessary Legal Action would be taken against you.

 You are required to send to us the Western Union Information Stated Below for Verification:

(1) Sender's Name;
(2) Receiver's Name;

(3) MTCN (Money Transfer Control Number);
(4) Amount Sent;
(5) Western Union Receipt.

So you should go ahead and send the $600.00 CAD immediately, and we shall be expecting to receive the Western Union Information from you as soon as possible. You can contact us if you have any question(s).

Sincerely,

A. Williams,
The PayPal Team.

I sent the SCAMMER back an email saying:  I am aware this is a SCAM so SCRAM.  Haven't heard back.

[redronky]

So the question I have is, do I have to change my account user name now?  I mean s/he does know what email I use for my PAYPAL account, but not the password.

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

As long as you have a strong paypal password you should be ok. After all loads of people know your email addy don't they?

[redronky]

Yeah!  Thanks!  That's what I thought, but I needed to hear it from someone.  PSWD was strong when I created it.

[mezza]

Hi i recieved a similar email yesterday from paypal! They have even threated legal action if i dont transfer £100 to western union for shipping costs. i had my suspitions from the start but they are very convincing any advice as this is really annoying now. thanks

[redronky]

I received the same threatening email from Paypal.   I did not reply to the threatening Paypal email. However, I sent back an email to the scammer.  To the scammer I said, "I know this is a scam, so scram!"  No threatening emails or response from the scammer since.

I believe the threats are there as a last ditch effort to bully and intimidate you into sending them money. 

[kernowlass]

Do not interact with the scammers just delete and ignore.

Whilst your paypal account should be fine if your password is strong they have been known to sign you up to horrible sites using your email address as revenge.

So as i say don't interact, ignore any threats and just delete the emails. 

[mezza]

Hi thanks to be honest i havnt heard anything since yesterday morning so i think they must know they wont get any money out of me. I am glad i logged in here though as it does make you doubt yourself but i have now been reassured that it is a scam. i too saw some signs it wasnt cosher, the texting was larger than normal from paypal, some broken english. and there was a small r in a circle at the beginning of there email address which ive never seen before, other .than that it appeared to be genuine. These people are scum and i just hope more people read items like these before they get scammed. thankyou for your reply.