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Karm13 · ‎Apr-08-2023

The things I did were 1) Change my password 2) Deleted past logins as one was suspicious and from an unknown location 3) Added 2 factor auth to my login 4) Blocked currencies I do not hold under the seller tools (I first had to remove PHP as a currency because once they send you the fake payment, it shows you holding dollars and PHP as currencies in Paypal balance, so remove that first). Nothing seemed to stop the payments until #4 when I changed the currency setting in seller tools. They stopped after that. I receive Paypal payments from other countries, but it is converted to dollars on the payee side when they pay, so you don't have to worry about losing sales from other countries (the only thing I sell is an online e-book). I did not change my e-mail.

Karm13 · ‎Mar-31-2023

I've received 5 fake payment transactions over the last 4 days. I say they are fake because I don't sell the item listed. The addresses from all of the transactions are supposedly Canadian addresses, names are all different, and item is the same with all listed in PHP currency. They list payment like this: Purchase details: Men's jogging pocket design sweatpants New cotton camouflage men's fitness multi-pocket jogging pants fashion training suit TransactionDiscount- ₱73.98 PHP Purchase total₱1.02 PHP Fee-₱1.02 PHP Total₱0.00 PHP Anyway, I reported one transaction, and then it said person was refunded their fee. I'm not sure what is going on and cannot get a hold of customer service. I've sent the transaction e-mails to phishing@paypal.com even though the transactions actually show up in my account, sent a message via the message center, tried to call customer service but can't get a live person. I already changed my password and put two factor auth on my account but still got another one of these payments this morning. How do I stop these weird transactions on my account?

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Re: Keep receiving fake payments in PHP currency

Keep receiving fake payments in PHP currency