PayPal Imposter 2025 Reports & Reviews

PayPal Imposter Reports & Reviews (256)

- Graham, NC, USA • Oct 10, 2025

Scammer's phone (805) 500-3178
Scammer's website www.applestore.usa.com
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location NC 27253, USA
Type of a scam Phishing

Received a fraudulent email pretending to be from PayPal. It notified be of a $1499.00 charge that I needed to call (805)-500-3178 to cancel. This email appeared to be quite convincing, but upon review I noticed that it had a soft fail on SPF. The email did not have any of my personal information and referred to me as "Apple Store."

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- Germanton, NC, USA • Oct 10, 2025

Received an email from PayPal that said:

Recurring Payment Reactivated

Your Merchant has reactivated the following recurring payment. Please contact your merchant with questions.

Product/Service: iPhone 17 Pro Max 512 GB

Profile ID: I-LK8MTUHTG7XK

Merchant Name: Apple Store USA

Customer Service URL: http://www.applestore.usa.com

Customer Service Email: [email protected]

Message From Merchant: A transaction of ????????.???? USD was detected.If this wasn’t you, please call (??????) ??????-???????? to stop the payment

Recurring Payment Details

Total Cycles: Until cancellation

Amount Per Cycle: ¥4999.00 JPY

Next Payment Date: Oct 16, 2025

Payment Method: Available Funding Source

Checked my PayPal account and nothing is showing up there so did research and found scam reports.

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- Osseo, MN, USA • Oct 09, 2025

Scammer's phone (805) 500-3178
Scammer's website Applestoreusa.com
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location MN 55311, USA
Type of a scam Phishing

Recurring Payment Reactivated

Your Merchant has reactivated the following recurring payment. Please contact your merchant with questions.

Product/Service: iPhone 17 Pro Max 512 GB

Profile ID: I-AE8SXM6H3NER

Merchant Name: Apple Store USA

Customer Service URL: http://www.applestore.usa.com

Customer Service Email: [email protected]

Message From Merchant: A transaction of ????????.???? USD was detected.If this wasn’t you, please call (??????) ??????-???????? to stop the payment

Recurring Payment Details

Total Cycles: Until cancellation

Amount Per Cycle: ¥4999.00 JPY

Next Payment Date: Oct 16, 2025

Payment Method: Available Funding Source

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- Burnt Hills, NY, USA • Oct 09, 2025

Scammer's phone (805) 500-3178
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location NY 12027, USA
Type of a scam Phishing

Basically got an email from "PayPal" saying that a recurring payment on an Iphone had been restarted on my account to the tune of ¥4999.00 JPY. I called the number in the email to report it, and despite the sender email appearing to be legit, the number I called led me to an indian sounding guy who immediately raised suspicion in the casual way that he presented himself. I hung up and reported it here. I don't know how they got the email to come from PayPal's legit email, but the whole thing is very strange.

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- Syracuse, NY, USA • Oct 09, 2025

Scammer's phone (805) 500-3178
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location NY 13224, USA
Type of a scam Credit Cards

i received an email from paypal stating my automatic payment is no longer active for the purchase of an iPhone 17pro max from apple. In the note from the seller it states: "A transaction of 1499.00 USD was detected. If this wasn't you, please call (800) 500-3178 to stop payment." . Normally Paypal will send me a notification of any charges on my account and there were none. Also in the seller notes the numbers were bold and the word if was right next to the period of the previous sentence. Finally, 2 more details: it says at the amount paid was in japanese yen which is clearly a scam since i live in NY and visa "used" isn't my card number.

I checked my paypal and no pending charges or recurring payments have been made.

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- Covington, VA, USA • Sep 26, 2025

Country United States
Victim Location VA 24426, USA
Type of a scam Phishing

Said my automatic payment thru PayPal was not activated and provided a link

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- Monroeville, PA, USA • Sep 03, 2025

Scammer's phone (805) 500-8413
Scammer's website paypal.com
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location PA 15146, USA
Type of a scam Phishing

I revived an email with the following content:

Set up your PayPal account profile

Account Notice: A recent activity of $983.75 transaction was recorded with a new profile. If this was not your action, reach us at +1(805) 500-8413. If correct, you can disregard this alert. Auto pending bill accepted from this account.Your New Account added you to the Crypto Wallet account.

Your user ID: receipt34538

Use this link to finish setting up your profile for this account. The link will expire in 24 hours.

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- Excelsior, MN, USA • Aug 20, 2025

Scammer's phone (805) 500-6271
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location MN 55331, USA
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

Multiple emails: 1) Setting up a special account to buy crypto via PayPal, 2) Authorization codes sent to authorize account set up (even though I never initiated a setup), 3) sent "invoice" and said to contact them if any questions.

I never clicked any of the links, and went though my PayPal account to verify that none of these transactions/invoices had taken place.

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- Springfield, IL, USA • Aug 18, 2025

Scammer's phone (856) 353-0590
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location IL 62712, USA
Type of a scam Phishing

Email from "PayPal" stating business is being charged for "BTC" service.

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- Salisbury, NC, USA • Aug 17, 2025

Scammer's phone (805) 500-8722
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location NC 28146, USA
Type of a scam Phishing

I received an email supposedly from PayPal saying that they are alerting me of a $896.35 transaction from gemini.com and they are advising me to call (805)509-8722 within 30 days for fraud protection or accept an invite to create a PayPal account for developer purposes. I already have a PayPal account and a PayPal debit card and i receive all communication through the app so i know this is not legit.

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- Minneapolis, MN, USA • Aug 14, 2025

Scammer's phone (805) 500-6642
Scammer's website [email protected]
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location MN 55436, USA
Type of a scam Phishing

email said” a transaction of $882.97 to gemini.com was detected. If this wasn't you call 805-500-6642 to stop payment.”

I do not have a paypal account

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- Roanoke, VA, USA • Aug 12, 2025

Country United States
Victim Location VA 24018, USA
Type of a scam Phishing

I recieved an email from someone claiming to be with PayPal, thanking me for my purchase of $341.24 worth of Bitcoin. I do not have a Paypal account and I did not purchase Bitcoin.

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- Las Vegas, NV, USA • Aug 12, 2025

Country United States
Victim Location NV 89149, USA
Type of a scam Phishing

Impersonated PayPal via email asking to call regarding fraud.

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- Fair Oaks, CA, USA • Aug 12, 2025

Scammer's phone (805) 500-6686
Scammer's website Gemini.com
Scammer's address Los Angeles, CA, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location CA 95628, USA
Type of a scam Phishing

Scam email stating I owe money to PayPal.

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- Toledo, OH, USA • Aug 11, 2025

Scammer's phone (818) 612-1064
Scammer's address San Jose, CA, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location OH 43623, USA
Type of a scam Other

I received an email from this person that looks like they are from PayPal saying that I purchased Norton Total Coverage Antivirus Plus software for $312.98 using my PayPal account. I checked my PayPal account and no activity is on it yet. They have a phone number to call to if you think this is fraudulent which is 818-612-1064. I think they want you to call to then try to give them your information. Just wanted to find out if others have reported this.

I also received one last week for PayPal saying I purchase Bit Coin for $449.88 using PayPal. Someone has my email and is trying to get me to contact them and I just ignore it.

I can forward these emails if helpful to your investigation.

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- Salisbury, NC, USA • Aug 02, 2025

Scammer's phone (805) 500-8423
Country United States
Victim Location NC 28146, USA
Type of a scam Phishing

Received email stating

PayPal Payment Alert

Within 30 days

Note

• Call Gemini if the transaction was not authorized by you

• Create a PayPal account to accept the invite

I didn't respond to the email or call the number. I forwarded the email to [email protected] and deleted the email.

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- Max Meadows, VA, USA • Jul 31, 2025

Scammer's phone (805) 500-8423
Scammer's website yahoo mail.
Country United States
Victim Location VA 24360, USA
Type of a scam Phishing

Fake Paypal email stating that I had an upcoming payment in the amount previously stated to Gemini.com

Says the email was "To [email protected]" but it went to my email.

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• Jul 29, 2025

Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

Scam Alert

PayPal invoice scam. I received an email telling me to call a number if I wanted to stop the payment. Doesn’t even make sense. I reported at trash and deleted the email.

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- Minneapolis, MN, USA • Jul 25, 2025

Scammer's phone (805) 500-8456
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location MN 55428, USA
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

email message was as follows:

You have an invite from Payment Warning:

A transaction of $745.28 to Gemini.com was detected.

If this wasn't you, please call (805)500-8456 to stop the payment.

Protecting you from fraud is our priority.

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- Roanoke, VA, USA • Jul 22, 2025

Country United States
Victim Location VA 24017, USA
Type of a scam Phishing

I got an email from someone claiming to be with PayPal, thanking me for my recent purchase of Bitcoin for $599. the email provided a phone number for me to call if I did not make the purchase. I do not use Bitcoin or PayPal. I did not call the number, I checked with me bank instead to make sure nothing was taken out of my account.

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