Suspicious activity - Originating from a payment through a Facebook page for a watch.
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Hi.
I am quite concerned, I have been using Paypal for years without any issues, I saw a watch on an advertisment on Facebook and noticed that they accepted Paypal so thought that it would be the most secure way of paying for something.
Shortly after, I had a SMS saying that the transaction was marked as suspicious, and to reply "1" if authorised, "2" if not authorised, I replied "1" at first instance as I had authorised the payment but then recieved an SMS stating "Payment not completed. invalid phone number or email.Try again. Only UK numbers are supported. No country code..." Then I received another email asking to reply "1" if authorised, "2" if not authorised, I then replied "2" as I was concerned.
I logged into Paypal on a work computer and it said something about a security test and it would send a text message to a number I didn't recognise so I went to security settings and there were about 4 phone numbers I didn't recognise.
Am I being hacked/scammed? I deleted the numbers, set up further security which will text me with a unique number.
Should I be worried?
Thanks in advance,
Jon.
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