I received an odd text today from said number-729-725.Today@8:22AM "PayPal Fraud Alert:Are you trying to pay 489.00 RUB? If yes, reply 1. If no, reply 2. Msg&Data rates apply." I googled it and "thought" it was a scam and ignored it. Some hours later I log into PayPal and see 2 transactions for $489.00 RUB each from Google Payment Corporation. Utterly confused I check my e-mail, thinking maybe I signed up for a free trial and forgot to cancel it(though I still didn't understand why the currency was in RUB and not US $). No messages so I check my bank account where I find EIGHT pending transactions for $7.64 each. I then looked back at the text from Paypal and replied "2" for no. I immediately received a message saying"Thanks for confirming.We've declined the transaction yada yada yada". So I go to Paypal and have to change my password. No Problem. Done. Then it wants to verify the bank account is mine. Fine, but I'm NOT entering my account number and password. TF? Paypal said they sent 2 small deposits under $1.00 and removed them, and I'm supposed to verify that to gain access to my account. No such deposits exist thus far, so I have no PayPal account at this time. I don't think these text messages should be ignored. I was afraid to reply "2" because I thought it would trigger something, and instead by not replying it triggered 8 attempted payments. I'm now removing all payments from my Google Pay account.
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