Hi.i recently sold an item on Ebay and received an email stating that a payment had been received to my paypal. Awesome I thought, but having further inspected the email there were a number of red flags: 1. The amount was more than I had invoices him. 2. No transaction ID present in the email. 3. A different username to the buyer. 4. A French username, yet an American shipping address. 5. Senders email was <removed> 6. The biggest tell was that or the email or the sender, stated "Paypal Services". Checking other emails against this one I knew it wasnt legitimate. Recieved an email around 20 minutes later, stating that the sale had been cancelled due to an illegitimate bid. Turns out I was right and it was a dodgy account. Just wanted to put this out there for some people who arent sure what the signs are. The email looked legitimate but luckily I know what to look for.
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