Received and email from [removed] notifying me me of a payment request, subject...."You've got a money request" The request came from: Jose [removed] [removed] This is the trick to get access and steal your money. The "Note" says "You've Sent a Payment of $599. 99 USD to Bit Defender LLC . If The Transaction is Unauthorised (sic) Contact Our Customer Support @ [Removed. Phone #s not permitted]/span>." Of course the transaction is unauthorized. So you fall for the trick and call the number. The fraudster with a thick Indian accent reports that your Paypal account has been hacked, and directs you to a website which requires an authorization code, which he provides. He also asks if there have been any other instances of fraudulent transactions in the past 6 months. He says that because your Paypal account has been hacked the only way to cancel your account is to connect to the secure website he provides. Now your downloading software that will give the scammers direct access to your computer. I wonder how many people just go ahead and send the money (instead of cancelling.) QUESTION. If I cancel the request, it's going to send notification to the email address above. But what if I don't want to provide any information back to these scammers? I can't reach anyone at Paypal of course to report this fraud and the online reporting does not work for this kind of fraudulent transaction when I try to report it. See image. Shame on you PayPal for being incapable of filtering this garbage and putting people and their finances at risk. This notification should have never landed in my inbox. It should have been detected as potentially fraudulent from the moment the request for funds was sent. What do I do? Cancel the transaction, sending information back to this scam email address? What info. is being sent? Thanks for your help.
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