I logged in to PayPal today to find that a request for $699.99 had been made on my account. This is the PayPal message next to the transaction: ’We've detected that your PayPal account has been accessed fraudulently. If you did not make this transaction, please call us at toll free number [Removed. Phone #s not permitted]to cancel and claim a refund. If this is not the case, you will be charged $699. 99 today. Within the automated deduction of the amount, this transaction will reflect on PayPal activity after 24 hours. Our Service Hours: (06:00 am to 06:00 pm Pacific Time, Monday through Friday).’ I can’t ring the number toll free as I live in the UK. So if I had not logged on today I would not have seen the transaction and lost almost $700!!! How can that be right? I didn’t receive a text or email about this. I don’t even know the person requesting the money!
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