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!!!!!

[Seven10]

Hi

I have also received a transaction notice by email for 379 $ that I have not done. I immediately checked in this community and found others with the same problem. I gather that they cannot withdraw any money (hopefully). But. The question is what PayPal is doing to 

stop these fraudulent messages. It is very disturbing!

[Wit2002]

I don’t think that the email was from Paypal. The scammers just make it look that way, so that you will click on their link & then they can steal your money.

[fourbomber]

Me too, except the amount on mine was $718.83 to Branford Armory.  The reply email had nothing to do with the armory, it was gmail account.

I think this email needs to be researched and charges brought against him/them.

[Temp20220922n]

I just got the email from them. They must be having a sale gong on - mine was only $715 for a 50 caliber machine gun. At that price I might buy several.

[StephenH-WF]

PayPal

Dear (my name)

Registered Email ID: (An email address that I do not use for PayPal but is one that I have used for other transactions)

An order amounting of $718.64 has been placed from your account on Lone Star Armory LLC.
 

The amount will be appeared on your statement as-*Lone Star Armory LLC*. The amount will be applied on your Visa last digits: xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-YYYY (last numbers of the account, deleted for privacy)

Please contact our customer support if you have any questions or concern. You can contact our customer support at [removed] (Toll Free).

Here are your order details below:

Merchant Information
Lone Star Armory LLC

email address, possibly bogus

Instruction to merchant
No instruction Entered
Delivery Method:EMail

Description

Qty

Unit Price

Total Amount

Lone Star Armory LLC

1

$718.64

$718.64

Invoice ID: PP-5178106210593-2P

Date: Friday, September 09, 2022

$718.64

If your account has been accessed without your authenticity, we request you to contact our customer support straight away to file a dispute on [removed]

                                                                            ^^^^^^^^^ - dead givaway that this is a scam Typos and/or grammatical errors are evidence that a person not fully familiar with the English language typed this.

[removed] Toll-Free (10 AM- 5 PM, Monday-Friday, PST). Please provide them with the Invoice ID for swift assistance.

The subscription will be automatically renewed next week unless you contact us 72 hours prior to the expiration date to stop it.

Note: This charge cannot be cancelled from your bank, please contact us within next 72 hours from the charged date to cancel it.

Another indicator. Fradulent charges can ALWAYS be disputed with the bank!

Thank you.
Pay-Pal Team - As remarked previously, the dash in "Pay-Pal" is another indicator of fraud.

 [removed], United States Copyright © 1999-2022 Pay-Pal. All rights reserved

[BW913]

My mom just got a very similar email, but she doesn't even have a PayPal account.

[PBetty]

Good to know this isn't just me. Sent to spam folder and reported ##[removed]##. There's no way this is real.

[Garvey1]

Latest (dated 12/5/22) is for Pallets Armory. The fake number they used wa[Removed. Phone #s not permitted] No answer on this fictitious phone. Log looked great, but came from [removed]. Total SCAM!!!

[Dominirae]

I know your issue was back in 2020. But I was looking for an answer to another question I had and came across your post. In the future, if you get an email that claims that you owe money or were charged something that you do not recognize look at the email address. In the case of PayPal, the email address will always have PayPal after the @ symbol. If it looks like a PayPal (or your bank's) email address a trick is to hover over the email address or link/URL in the email with your mouse pointer, then look in the bottom left of the screen, and you'll see the actual email or URL address. 

For example, I received an email from "Speedway Armory LLC" which is an actual company, but this was a phishing attempt as when I looked at the email it came from it was from a [removed] and was a gmail email address which is not an official email address of that company, nor is it from PayPal. 

Another example, I received an email that looked like it came from my credit card company that said I needed to login to change my password due to a security breach, when I hovered over the link that was provided the URL actually had the word "trojan" in it which indicated it would download a trojan virus to my computer. 

Hope this helps anyone that reads this. 

[Geedam99]

The fake Paypal message sent to me was for an alleged $700 purchase of a 45 cal handgun. This purchase was allegedly from Lone Wolf Armory. There is a Lone Wolf Armory whom I have contacted. I am awaiting a reply. The Customer support number supplied on the fake e-mail is[removed] but a Google search for PayPal's customer service number returned a customer service number o[Removed. Phone #s not permitted] so obviously fraudulent. It's an easy way to detect a phishing scam.