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- Evergreen Park, IL, USA • Feb 26, 2025
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I received an email from PayPal. I called their phone number to tell them the amount of $379.00 was fraudulent. They said they would refund my money. So they took control of my bank account through my laptop and was telling me how to get my money back through my laptop but in the meantime they were taking money out of my savings and I was not aware they were doing it.

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- Lyndonville, NY, USA • Feb 21, 2025
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I received an email from [email protected]. There was an attachment mimicing a PayPal transaction for $530 to purchase bitcoin. The receipt said it was paid by a credit card but I do not have a PayPal credit card.

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- Depew, NY, USA • Feb 11, 2025
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The. Emailed me saying Paypal was charging me for crypto (BTC)

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- Chicago, IL, USA • Dec 12, 2024
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fraudulent e-mail from paypal asking to pay Invoice number TRX-#7aa3190 in the amount of $999.99 USD

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- Chicago, IL, USA • Dec 12, 2024
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I received a phishing e-mail from PayPal to pay Apple Store $999.99 USD for Invoice number TRX-#41c180

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- Chicago, IL, USA • Dec 11, 2024
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I received multiple e-mails what appear to be from [email protected]

requesting money or having sent me an invoice. I have notified [email protected]

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- Tupper Lake, NY, USA • Oct 03, 2024
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Received an email from what was believed to be PayPal that there was an attempt from a Mac Store to take money from my PayPal account and if I didn't recognize this transaction, I needed to call or it would be approved. Called the number listed and got a guy named NAME and I needed to call him at Phone Number I did call him at that number and then he said, I have to call you from a different number. He called me back from Phone Number2 that comes up on my caller ID from Santa Maria, CA. He told me that he was going to help me set up 2-step verification on my PayPal account so that hackers could not get the money. He did tell me that I was being hacked by someone in Miami, FL. He had me get on my computer and enter pcs.help3.top (which is an execution file in order for them to get access to your computer). He gave me a code to enter and then he had control of my computer. He had me log into my bank account and my PayPal account, then my screen when blue "Hold on, we' re updating your computer" (or something like that). I saw the mouse on my screen move and I asked him if he had control of my computer to which he responded, "yes, PayPal technical assistance is working on getting your account secured." He then asked me if I had received any messages from my bank and I said no. A few minutes later, I received a call from Fraud Detection. I had my cell phone on speaker and my other phone on speaker so he could hear the whole thing. When Fraud Detection asked if I recognized the first transaction I said no...he said "oh no!" I said was that you attempting to see if it worked? Because he had asked me to verify my credit card number, which I gave him the card information and the cvv. It was after this that he then figured I was on to him by what I had asked (which I really wasn't) and he asked if he could help me with anything else. I asked if I should delete my PayPal app from my phone, he said yes and I should not log into PayPal for 24 hrs in order for everything to take effect. I got off the phone with him and immediately called my bank to keep an eye on my account for any fraudulent charges. They are the ones that suggested that I had been scammed. So I then looked up the correct number for PayPal Customer Service and it did not match the number in the email. When I spoke to them, they had no record of anything that had just transpired. I removed my bank account and debit card from PayPal, changed my password (again) and had to close my bank account and open a new one. They did attempt to withdraw $752. They did also ask me if I had any cryto or bitcoin accounts or other bank accounts that I could log into and I told them no, they were not linked to my PayPal so why would I need to log into them. The whole situation was a HUGE red flag and I never once picked up on it.

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- Canton, MI, USA • Aug 19, 2024
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The scammer claimed to be from PayPal. Claimed that a purchase of a Norton security system had been purchased in my name on paypal. I called to cancel it. Scammer told me to get gift cards to pay off a "mistake" I made filling out the "refund form".

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- Amarillo, TX, USA • Jul 19, 2024
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Received an email from what looked like Paypal, stating "Jasmine Patterson sent you a money request" in the amount of $1299.99, and Note from Jasmine Patterson: Fraud Alert: to report this, call Paypal (805)500-6598. I called the number after checking my bank account and there was a debit for the $1299.99 so I thought the email was legitimate. When speaking to what I thought was a Paypal representative, they told me I had been scammed and that they needed to check my computer remotely. They then put a black screen on my laptop with a lot of technical information and a place to type in an amount. I started typing in the amount above that I thought I had been scammed out of and another amount appeared of $29,999.99! I could hear people yelling in the background and them telling me I entered in the wrong amount and I must remove it immediately! I tried to remove it but nothing happened and then the page disappeared! The man on the phone said that I just took $30,000 from Paypal and that even if it was not intentional that the IRS and Paypal security would get involved and Law enforcement may become involved. The the man said that there may be a way out of the situation if I did exactly as they said, which was to convert $30,000 from my bank account into bitcoin which could not be traced and return the money to them. To make a very long story short, I was scammed into doing what they said. I was supposed to have all the money plus the original amount put back into my account on Saturday and that is when I found out I had been scammed and immediately notified my bank.

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- Las Vegas, NV, USA
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I was emailed by a woman who was sending me a "receipt" for about 450 dollars worth of bitcoin. Usually these things go straight to my spam, but this was in my primary folder. Attatched was a PDF of said reciept with my email on it.

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- Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Contacted me through email sending various invoices and other corresponding information

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- Sterling Heights, MI, USA
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Text stated: For cancellation call on this number 1 818-676-9393 your pay paI profile deducted 599 usd for order GRT6165 for any query contact us.

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- Phillipsburg, NJ, USA
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This email is to confirm your order on 16 Oct'2023. Your order number is #B1554460. Please allow 48 hours

for your shipping confirmation to arrive.

In case of any issues, please feel free to reach out at (815) 201 0770875

Please review the important information below uj Orderdj Details:

Smart Top Control Dishwasher with 1-Hour Wash & Dry, QuadWash

Quantity: 1 Total:$700.22

Arriving at : 21 Oct Subtotal: $700.22

STATE TAX:$0 Shipping:$0.00

Total:$700.22

If you did not purchase this , please reach us out at 1(815) 201 0770.

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- Woodland, CA, USA
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I received an email from Paypal asking if a charge of $589.00 from Raymond Gonzalez was authorized. It gave a phone number of 1-855-263-3520 to call paypal and have the charge denied. They told me that it had already been charged to my acct, and I had to let them into my computer to remove the charge from my bank acct. These people were really slick.

Anyway, I gave them access to credit back the $589.00 remove the charge from my checking account. The access was via AnyDesk. They then told me that a computer error had accidentally credited $8000 to me and they would freeze and empty all my bank accounts if I did not pay them back. I found out later that they had moved money from my money market acct into my checking in the amount of $8000.00 and it showed as an $8000.00 deposit.

They had my acct info from Redwood Credit Union(my bank) on my computer screen. They were in my bank accounts. It was real and they did move money around in my on the Redwood Credit Union website.They said they could not fix the error on their end.

I still was talking to "paypal". I am stupid.

The phone number they called me from is 609-736-8603.

I am so stupid...I followed their instructions and bought Walmart cards (4 cards at $500. each) which I gave them the #'s to. My bank advises that the cards were promptly cashed and I could not stop payment. Since I bought the cards, I could not stop payment. No dispute was possible. I am so stupid. I caught on then and hung up on him and called my bank.

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- Batavia, IL, USA
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I got the email from Paypal that I had paid Five Hundred Twenty nine dollars and forty eight cents for Bitcoin. I called the toll free number and said that I do not have a Paypal account and that I have never considered buying bitcoin. The person on the phone was obviously in a large phone center as I heard many phone conversations going on in the background. I asked to speak to a supervisor and was told to hold the line, but never was able to do that. I said that I was going to report this to the BBB. The address on the email was 2211 N. First St. San Jose, C A.

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on my email i got a notice i owed pay pal $699.00. i dont do pay pal or any or those other things. so i tried calling them to tell them this, the phone rang and rang. now they have not only my email add but phone #. this is the one i called, 844-658-1199. As i say, the phone just rang and rang.

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- Edon, OH, USA
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Received email invoice receipt from Paypal for Apple gift card for $346.

Phone 1 888 579 4266

173CdSEr241CdSEr60cdSEr231 USA

Grom mahi9931659675@gmail

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- Bellevue, OH, USA
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Received email about fraudulent activity. Called number. Walked me through steps to delete PayPal acct. said it didn’t work. Wanted bank info and then froze our computer. He asked then for a 500 gift card number to unlock our computer. Became angry when I questioned him and hung up. At this point no money removed from our acct.

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- Lewiston, NY, USA
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On April 1, 2023 at 1:29 PM, I received an email from a fake PayPal account. I thought it was a real email because it looks real. The email stated that I made an unauthorized purchase of a product that costs $324.00. There was a number to call located at the bottom of the page. The number is 18445834800. I believed it was real, so I called the number. A man with an Indian accent picked up the phone. After some back-and-forth, he told me that my card was also used to make purchases in the states of Ohio, Michigan, California, Texas, Florida, and New York. He was calm and professional over the phone. He assured me that in order for me to stop purchases I had to follow his directions fast. He texted me information and opened up a case. My case ID was 8765379240. The way he explained how my information was stolen worked like this: he told me to visit the website https://whatismyipaddress.com/. I visited that website on my laptop and that website states (and continues to state) “Your private information is exposed!” There were also several IPvs listed. Since I don’t know anything about computers or the internet, he said there should only be one that represents my personal computer. When I asked how people could obtain my information, he explained that my internet network was not secure. I followed his directions. His directions were simple: download Awe Sun and TeamViewer Quick Support on my cell phone and laptop. Then, keep the laptop on, and drive to Target, and do not disconnect the call.

When I got to the Target parking lot, he said to enter Target, buy gift cards. He sent me a text message to assure me that money was placed into my account so that I would not lose anything. Unfortunately, I purchased a total of six gift cards each worth five hundred dollars. After that, he convinced me to drive to another store. His only argument to win me over was that when I logged onto whatismyipaddress.com, IPvs disappeared. So, since I know nothing of the internet or computers, I believed that he was telling the truth.

The next place I went to was Sunoco. He convinced me to buy two Google Play cards, each one worth two hundred dollars. I followed his directions. As this was occurring, an order of one hundred dollars was placed on my Amazon account. They must have been using my laptop to when I was away from it.

When that was all said and done, he told me to go home and get some rest. He told me not to disconnect, and to inform him when I arrived home. I followed his direction. When I arrived home, he said goodbye. It should be noted be convinced me to transfer $890.00 from my CashApp account to him. He also tried to get me to transfer $458.00 and $800.00, but those attempts failed.

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- Evanston, IL, USA
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I got 2 notices from "PayPal" one on 3/14 and one on 3/15 saying that purchases were approved on my PayPal account. I ignored the first on 3/14 but when I got the second notice for a different product on 3/15 I called the number listed. (Apparently that was my mistake.) The scammer said that people from Mexico, China, Delaware and FL had access to my account and the way to take care of this was to either go to a PayPal store (he confirmed that there were none in my area) and the next option was to go to Target (or Kroger or Walmart) and get a gift card in the amount of $200 that would be refunded to me and Microsoft would be able to clear up the problem. This I did at Target and the then they needed to have the card # and the Access # that I could find by scratching on the back of the card. He was on the phone with me the entire time. He then wanted me to go back to target and get a gift card for $500 as he said the $200 only cleared up the Delaware problem and the $500 card would clear up the other three. I went back but my credit card would not accept the charge so I was unable to get the second card. He then said we would continue tomorrow (today) and said I should not use my computer of phone until he called me back the next day. I told him I would need to use these as I had work to do. He said then not to use financial contacts. I, of course, was suspicious by this time ad did check my finances and reported what had happened and asked PayPal to verify if this was a legit employee. They could. not answer questions about employees but took info from me to start a fraud case. They emailed me the number ZACVL(KMM147153870V25062LOKM). I changed my password, contacted my credit card and got a new one, contacted Target, and am writing to you. He did not call back. I did shut down my phone and computer overnight.

Thank you for your assistance.

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