Hello, so I very stupidly clicked onto a link that was sent to me via text that said paypal would close down my account if I didn’t confirm my details since they sensed anomalous spending (I’m paraphrasing). In my sleep induced haze, since the text woke me up, gave away my paypal email and password. I had spent more money than I usually do the day before on different retailers so at the time it made sense (I’m a moron I know). I realised too slowly a few seconds after it was a scam and changed my paypal password, activated 2 step verification, removed my bank card, changed the passwords to my bank and other sites that I had used a similar password to a jumble of alphanumerical nonsense. I was afraid of malware on my phone and wiped all web history, looked for sus apps (thank god there were none) and reset my phone (I turned it on and off because some site recommended that). So far there have been no strange transactions on both my bank account and paypal but I’m afraid my information is still leaked? My paranoid self is still afraid there is malware on my phone although so far, 6hrs post scam, there have been no signs. Should I delete my paypal account or contact my bank? Are there any further steps I need to take? Of course due to covid it is unlikely I’ll be able to call paypal directly. Any help would be nice, thank you 🙂
