Fraudulent transaction to an "armory" for $799.

[docnick]

Paypal sent me an email notifying me of a transaction to an armory for $799. Not only did I not do this transaction, but I am very alarmed that someone could breach my Paypal account to buy goods from an armory!! This clearly is criminal activity, someone who is hacking into people's accounts to buy guns, ammo or other weapons!!! And I can't even call Paypal to talk to anyone!!! I sent a "message" thru their texting option, but does anyone know of a way to actually reach someone??

This is very serious and needs to be reported to authorities and the source of it tracked down!!!!!

[Daniel-77]

This phishing scam / tactic is still going on ... just saw one in my spam folder from "Paypal" -- the sender name "Payment invoice" was: '[removed] - first clue.

obviously I didn't order anything from "Jackson Armory" to the tune of $386 and 90 cents. Fishy/phishy from the start. The scammer also included urgency with the 'invoice' saying it could be disputed within 24 hours. Did not call the number. 
more people, like seniors, need to be advised/warned of this.

[yaradnog]

It just happened to me a while ago. I simply copied "Steve Armory, Inc", pasted it into my browser, and learned that it is fraudulent. Labeled the email Spam then deleted it.

[Datadawgdvxu]

This appeared in an email. However, I have not attached this email to PayPal directly. I refrained from calling any numbers. I did PDF the email. Because of the nature of the business identity claim, I reported it to the IC3 of the FBI via their online database. No money was transacted out of my PayPal account because my business email is not linked to the secure email I use for PayPal.

[Boujeebabie34]

I GOT THE SAME EMAIL SAYING A PAYMENT WAS DIR TO PARAGON ARMORY FOR $702

[PayPal_Bindu]

Hello @Boujeebabie34 

Thank you for visiting the PayPal Community!

I understand your concern about receiving an email about a payment. No need to worry! PayPal offers complete protection for confirmed unauthorized transactions. Please update your password, security questions and report any unauthorized transaction in the resolution center of your PayPal account. PayPal will review the dispute and update you via email within 10 days. You can refer this page for more information on reporting the unauthorized transactions.

If you only received the email about the payment but don't see the transaction in your PayPal account/funding source, it might be a fake email. Here's the article with the information to spot and report a fake, fraudulent, or phishing PayPal email or website to PayPal : How do I spot a fake, fraudulent, or phishing PayPal email or website?
 

Hope this ifnormation helps,

Bindu

[Whitboy72]

I just received a notification saying a 744 dollar charge to lone wolf armory from my PayPal also. I don't even use PayPal. So my question is do I have an account I don't know about?

[PayPal_Meghan]

Hello @Whitboy72, 

Welcome to the PayPal Community! 

I apologize for the concern caused by your recent email regarding a $744 unauthorized payment. A great Help Center article you may find useful is: Why am I receiving emails or texts from PayPal when I don’t have an account? I also suggest checking out how to spot phishing emails. If a transaction appears on any of your payment methods, please immediately report the unauthorized activity to your financial institution. After reporting it to your financial institution, I also urge you to reach out to PayPal's Customer Support by selecting 'Contact' at the bottom of any PayPal webpage. 

I hope this helps you determine the legitimacy of the email! 

- Meghan

[PHP4U]

My wife received the same email phishing message, for $700.39. 

Maybe the PayPal security team can reach out and shut these guys down?

[PayPal_Olivia]

Hi @PHP4U, 

Thank you for your post! Please forward the email to phishing@paypal.com to allow our security team to investigate. They do act upon these leads to work on shutting down fraudsters within PayPal and outside of PayPal with other services. 

Much of the fraud being conducted here is to scare people into calling the number in the email and provide sensitive information, which is entirely outside of the PayPal system. Even then, PayPal's security team does take measures to request the email and/or phone numbers be taken down. Fraudsters then use different information to continue the activity. The best defense against this is education about fraud and phishing techniques. 

I hope this thread continues to help people remain educated and prevent fraud whenever possible!

Olivia

[mandfunk]

Lighten up Francis.  I have seen these before, and it is a common scam to get people to freak out, just like you did.  In most of these scams, your PayPal account was never charged.  They just want you to believe it was (as you did) in the hopes you will call or text them (as you did), when they will then try to get access to your PayPal account in order to provide a fake refund for the fake charge.  Once you give them information, they will then gift themselves money from your account.    

Look at the email address; it's likely from something like "gesykfeskrsdjgjrf @ gmail.com" instead of a real business email address, or from a Paypal.com domain.   

Also, despite your belief that a fraudster can buy a gun this way from an "Amory" business, they can't.  No one can buy a gun without showing up in person to pick it up from a licensed FFL holder, where upon the buyer would have to provide ID and fill out an ATF Form, and get a background check. 

Finally, PayPal does not allow gun or ammunition sales, lol.   So stop freaking out...