Fraud or What?

[Gaby7588]

I just receive an emailfrom serif kinalioglu stating the I make a payment of 498'98to a NCTS the heck if i know that name and he has this title PayPAL withinvoice number 956058542. Does anybody know what is this about?

 

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    at hte end of the message that sentence.

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@Gaby7588 

If its a spoof then NEVER USE ANY LINK OR ANY PHONE NUMBER.

Firstly if the email/text addressed you as ''Dear Member'' / ''Customer'' / ''Client'' OR your ''email address'' then that confirms its a spoof as paypal would address you by your full name eg Dear John Smith.

Secondly if there was a link OR attachment in that email/text to ''cancel'' any transaction or ''confirm'' any details then again it would be a spoof.

Also if they ask you to call the number in the email then it would be fake paypal agents trying to scam you for money to 'fix' something. 

If there was a problem with your account Paypal would not ask you to click on an unsafe link in an email / download an attachment OR phone them on a number in an email, they would direct you to log in normally and go to the resolution or the message centre for more information.

More info here >>
https://www.paypal.com/us/selfhelp/article/how-to-spot-fake-emails-faq2340/2
https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/security/suspicious-activity

[Gaby7588]

Thnks I did deleted the msg and block the individual