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Mert301
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Feb-14-2020
11:00 AM
I received a message from: +4[Removed. Phone #s not permitted] PayPaI:Your account has been held due to an unauthorized payment. Please go to <Removed> to remove this block What should I do?
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sharpiemarker
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Feb-14-2020
12:39 PM
Check your PayPal account on a secure internet connection and see if there are actual alerts and notifications of an unauthorized transaction or a hold on your account. If not, it's spam. These are meant to cause mischief and whatnot.
Kudos & Solved are greatly appreciated. 🙂
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Feb-14-2020
12:56 PM
There seems to be no transacion, but the thing that confused me is that the SMS leads me to a secured website “https”. What if I gave my details?

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Feb-19-2020
02:06 AM
Hi @Mert301,
You may change the password and the security questions of your PayPal account. You may run a full scan for viruses on any device you currently use as well.
I hope this helps.
Cristina

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