Re: Suspicious Email from service @ intl.paypal.com

DakotaTaubitz
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Spoiler
 

 

It looked like this is this something you would do

 

 

 

You've got new funds !!!    ______________________________ ______________________________ __________ Dear (MY EMAIL) 
                                             We've placed a temporary hold on the funds of this transaction
This is to notify you that we have received your payment of $850.00 USD from James Diane (EMAIL) for your item, Apple iPad Air 128GB Wi-Fi+4G Unlocked Space Grey ME987C/ Ask Questions. The money has been deducted from the buyer's account (email) and is ready to be deposited into your account. It will be debited into your PayPal account: (EMAIL) as soon as we receive the shipping reference / tracking number from you. The number is to be sent in reply of this. We encourage you to ship the item immediately. what we require from you in other for your account to be credited is the item's tracking/reference number, this number will be given to you at the Local Post/DHL Packet after you might have sent the item to the bearer, this is a part of our new policy and a security measure in other to protect both the buyer and the seller, also to verify if the item was really bought from you. We have sent you a confirmation email earlier on to inform you that the payment is legal and has been confirmed, also to guide you against fraudulent acts. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PAYMENT WILL NOT APPEAR IN THE "PENDING" TAB IN YOUR ACCOUNT UNTIL YOU SEND THE SHIPPING REFERENCE NUMBER TO US.

We have included the buyer's full name and amount paid for you to know this message was really sent from PayPal. We advise that you make sure the item is sent out as soon as possible and request for a tracking number at the post office after you might have send out the item, then you can email us the number by replying directly to this email (EMAIL) after it might have been given to you at the post office so as to credit your account without delay.
  
After we receive the number from you for security verification, your account will be credited at once, Our system has witness new upgrades, its due to the amount of fraud going on involving our name which we are trying all our best to limit and put a stop to. As soon as we receive the requested information from you, your account will be credited.    _________________________ ______________________________ __________
Yours sincerely,
PayPal European Services
PayPal, an eBay company

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minty1
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Hi Dakota Taubitz

 

This is a fake email not from ppal!!!

 

Ppal always address u as Dear Full Name

Never as for tracking unless its a dipute

Never ask u to ship before payment is received

 

Never ship an item until u see cleared payment in your account

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Rufus_firefly
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Viohrel
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What shoud i do abaut this? From: "PayPalintl." &amp;amp;lt;pay_palintl@ mail.com&amp;amp;gt; Date: 19 septembrie 2014, 01:24:01 AM GMT+3 To:<name> Subject: 100% Assurance &amp;amp;amp; Guarantee - (Transaction ID: 5X472815E1267414M) Hello Viorel, We receive a message from our client regarding the money you are to send,But you have to know that this Transaction can neither be divided, canceled nor recalled by the payee (Ann Sola) as a security measure to protect both the Seller and Buyer. We assure you that you have 100% Guarantee and Security that you will get your money as soon as the western union information is received from you. We assure you that this is a safe and approved transaction and your account will be credited with the total amount (€250.00 EUR) immediately we verify the transfer of the (€100.00 EUR). You can contact us anytime if you have any question(s) about this transaction. We want you to understand that the payment can't be reversed neither can it be canceled or divided, so we assure you that you are 100% SECURED doing this transaction. Once again be rest assured that you will have your Money, Once the western union information is received from you for verification. Note: You should not send the western union information to the buyer, the western union information Information should be sent directly to us for verification and then you can send the information to the buyer after your money is released into your account. We shall be expecting to read from you as soon as possible. Thanks, The PayPal Team.
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minty1
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Hi Viohrel. U delete the email and don't carry on with the transaction it's a SCAM
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Azrah
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This is spam. I had one the same and I forwarded it to PayPal to verify and they confirmed it was spam. If you check the sender details, the email address is actually different, and isn't from PayPal at all.
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