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- Cosmopolis, WA, USA • Apr 16, 2025
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It was on my email and it said PayPal confirmation on charges for bitcoin and there’s several of them. I don’t know maybe five or six and I did send them to PayPal on their email phishing scams, but they said they bought bitcoins on my PayPal account, which I never lost any money and they never did it but they have phone numbers to call and I’m sure that’s where they get you but I did not respond to the emails or call the number that said if you did not make this transaction, please contact PayPal!

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- Hagatna, GU, USA • Mar 06, 2025
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This morning March 6, 2025 I got an email from PayPal Customer Care claiming that an unauthorized payment was made on my PayPal account, and a number was given in this email for me to call the Security Team to resolve this issue. So I called and told the representative that I don’t have an account with PayPal but the representative named Brandon asked if I had $10,000 in the account and I told him “no” and then he hung up. An hour later, I called again to that same number (833) 442-3077 which I didn’t realize was a scam number. Another representative called Alex who asked me to follow his instructions given and then referred me to the account manager named John who asked me the name of the bank my accounts were so I could get a refund of $629.48. Before I was transferred, Alex asked to fill out a cancellation form and asked where Guam was and its population. So back to John, he said to go into my account to make the deposit and wait 30 minutes and then call back. I did not call back as I had a hunch that this was a scam.

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- Snohomish, WA, USA • Mar 05, 2025
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I received the following email 6 times to my yahoo email address:

PayPal Unauthorized Transaction Alert

Your PayPal account was used for an unauthorized transaction of $629.48 to Coinbase, and you must immediately contact PayPal's Fraud Prevention Team at +1 (833) 442-3077 to address the issue.

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Review and sign the document sent by PayPal Customer Care. here

Contact the Fraud Prevention Team at PayPal for assistance. ((833) 442-3077)

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- Redmond, OR, USA • Feb 28, 2025
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They tried to tell me I had a PayPal alert for someone buying bitcoin for 699.99 on my PayPal account via email when I called they tried to get me to download a link. When I refused, they hung up.

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- Waianae, HI, USA • Dec 10, 2024
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They ordered an iPhone 15 pro max online with a PayPal account used my email: [email protected] phone is 917-962-7947

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- Yakima, WA, USA • Dec 10, 2024
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This is the second time I received a PayPal receipt for crypto with a number to call if this is a mistake. No money has been taken out of my account. I suspect they are phishing.

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- Portland, OR, USA • Nov 19, 2024
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Invoiced for $999.99 Scammer may have BCC’d me in an email claiming Apple and Florida Public Benefit Corporation has sent an invoice and if I do not act the money would be removed from my account automatically. I always check the To: and From: fields when I receive emails that want me to log into things. I noticed the email was showing sent to “[email protected]” The email itself when hovering over the links shows as if it’s a legitimate paypal site. However, the scam is most likely rooted in you attempting to log in via the wrong link or calling their number so they can get you to download some malware and control your computer. Always check the To: and From: fields and never directly open any links from your email. Always use the normal avenues of accessing your financial accounts and calling your bank directly from the number on your card or searching yourself.

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- Nampa, ID, USA • Sep 11, 2024
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received email that stated it was from PayPal for a booking gun order in the amount of $448.88. i called and said i did not authorize this transaction. my call was routed overseas he stated his name was David Williams and he clearly was not David Williams as he had a heavy accent when he spoke, and you could hear another person next to him handling a call also. asked him to send me an email to confirm the order had been canceled and he never did. he also told me the money was taken out of my account already, but when i checked it had not been taken out of my account. i looked up the customer service phone number to PayPal and called it and made a formal complaint about the situation and received and email and text right away that they suspended my PayPal and to login and change my password which is what i did and someone from PayPal is to reach out to me by 9/21/24

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- Littleton, CO, USA • Jul 16, 2024
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Received a phony Paypal "invoice" for a nonexistent $456.00 Bitcoin transaction with Coinbase Global. The message said to call the PayPal Support number within 12 hours to dispute or stop the transaction. (From the email):

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Issues with Transaction?

To dispute and stop this transaction, you have 12 hours from the time it was made. Reach PayPal Support by calling the TOLL-FREE number below

Helpdesk Number: +1 (805) 618 1054

You are receiving this transaction email because a recent transaction was made on your account associated with this email address.

Please keep this email for your records.

Please do not reply to this mail as it is not being monitored.

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The telephone number provided is very similar to one listed in ScamPulse.com Scam Report #835149, another phishing attempt pretending to alert the target about a Norton billing statement. I forwarded the phony email to [email protected], did not attempt to call or reply to the scammer.

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- Meridian, ID, USA • Jul 08, 2024
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Received email stating that a purchase had been made with my PayPal account. I called the number on the email. The guy told me that I needed to be Infront of my computer so he could verify the information. I told him I was not able to do that. He told me he would call back in a hour. I called PayPal from the number on my statement and verified that it is a scam email. The caller tried calling me back 2 different times at phone number I listed. The phone number on the email is 805-201-2223, used the name Ben Davis.

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- Waianae, HI, USA • Jun 26, 2024
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I received an email from PayPal I thought claiming that I must pay this bill for $545. They threaten to take the payment yesterday. I called the number at the bottom of the page. He had me go to CVS and purchase 3 Target gift cards for $300 each. He claimed that the ScamPulse.com created my account with the $900 so wouldn’t have to use my own money. He asked me to use my Apple Card. My card was charged that $900. I called Apple to tell them what happened. They gave me back the money for now but they have to investigate this so they might take the money back if they don’t get the information they seek

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- Portland, OR, USA • Jun 15, 2024
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I received an email that my account statement is ready. I DO NOT have a PayPal account. I replied to the email to state that, and received a reply email saying that I need to LOG IN to report POSSIBLE FRAUD I do not know what information PayPal has about me….I know they DID NOT get it from me!!

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- Kaneohe, HI, USA • Jun 13, 2024
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I get emails from a sorce that says they are paypal and to call a number i took screen shots

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- Bend, OR, USA • Jun 11, 2024
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I got an email saying that $453.84 was put on my PayPal for bitcoin… I don’t have a PayPal account so I called the number asked what country he was calling from and they hung up

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- Waipahu, HI, USA • Jun 10, 2024
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Lonny C Melandez sent me an invoice stating that I purchased and was charged $484.97 USD Bitcoin. I did not order anything from this person. 2 transaction ID numbers; FRFDJMNGQB/95634985987 and 35185590244. Phone number : 888 466-6974. This person is using an invoice with Paypal Headings.

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- Houston, TX, USA
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For the past couple day i been getting email from what appears to be pay pal saying thank you for your purchase.

Ii am thinking WOW I have not used pay pal in like 10 years.

Then today it said thanks for your perchance and it send me an invoice for 449.88

i did some looking and I think the idea is for me to call the number i have no idea but I CLOSED MY PAY PAL ACCOUNT yesterday and today I got another one

springfield armory gun is the name

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- Honolulu, HI, USA
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"paypalservice Thanks for your order!"

Didn’t respond or click any links in the email, since that would expose my personal confidential info.

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- Edmonds, WA, USA
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Phising scam contacting my Grandma pretending to be paypal by claiming a large transaction was made and providing the phone number 1(844)408-3884 to contact for further information

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- Gresham, OR, USA
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They pretended to be PayPal and had me downloading Cash App and stealing all my personal identifichin

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- Eugene, OR, USA
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Called customer service of what I thought was PayPal. Rep said my inquiry about fraudulent email money request she could help me with. She asked questions about my linked bank acct and was hard to understand, as she was, I thought, in India. She kept me on phone for at least an hour. Sent me $ amounts to verify my bank acct. She wanted me to sign into my bank acct. She had me download an app giving her access to my phone to help the process. In the end, she had added a linked unfamiliar bank to my acct, and retrieved all my banking info, plus all info on my debit card

She had me enter this email in fields from my phone.

[email protected]

She told me to stay out of my PayPal acct. For 48 hrs. As they worked thru issue.

She said I will call you from this number, 260-268-6376.

She then sent a text from that number to my phone.

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