I got 2 emails requests from someone I don't know but it's from a legitimate email

ssoch001
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Hello,

 

I got 2 emails today - 1st saying "reminder you've still got a money request" and 2nd saying "invoice from Black Expo inc"

 

I don't recognise this as I haven't purchased anything and the email says it's for an item from Apple Store (again I didn't buy anything from apple store)

 

When I log in to my paypal account, this request is not there but the email is from service @ paypal . com which is a legitimate email so I'm worried that this will be somehow actually charged from my account. I forwarded these to phishing @ paypal . com but is there anything else I can do?

 

Another suspicious thing is that the email includes a phone number to call which after googling, I believe is not a paypal number

 

Any help or reassurance that this scam will not be charged from my account will be appreciated. Thank you

 

 

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mallory_i
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This exact thing is happening to me daily, and I am relentlessly forwarding to PayPal’s phishing email address. How can we make this crap stop? It’s truly exhausting and there has to be more that PayPal can do. If it continues, I think I’m deleting my PayPal account.
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PVD1
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I received the same email on October 29th. Fortunately, didn’t click on any of the links!
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MBCO
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I got 2 emails exactly like the ones you got, except mine were regarding a company called A&M and Associates Inc & the "invoice" was for $999.99.

 

Like you I was a bit alarmed when I saw they appeared to come from service @ paypal . com.  But I didn't click on any links.  Instead, like you, I forwarded one of the emails to phishing @ paypal . com.  

 

I'm going to change my paypal password just to be on the safe side.

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