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Received a very legit-looking email from "PayPal" authorizing a supposed payment of $59.88 to "Cleverbridge, Inc." for a "MacKeeper Premium". I immediately suspected a scam, so I logged into the actual PayPal site from another window to verify that indeed no such payment had been made. After confirming no security breech, I decided to investigate and take the scam bait. Upon more careful examination of the email content, there are a few grammatical and typographical errors in the text and fine print. The "Cancel Order" link in email goes to http://ec2-54-201-95-89.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/signin/, which looks like the official PayPal login page. Out of curiousity, I "logged in" with a fake address and fake "yeah, right" password, which then took me to another official-looking "PayPal" page that said there was suspicious activity on my account and needed to verify that it was me logging in from my device. There was a button to click "continue", but, at this point, I was too chicken to go any further since the site could already tell my location from my device. Hopefully, that didn't damage my device, although I'm fairly confident the scammers are just phishing rather than trying to get me to download malware. Even so, I used an Apple device, which is less susceptible to such.

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I received and email stating, "Unusual actively in your PayPal account".

The email read that there unusual activity on my account and that I should login now *through a link provided* that read, Login *here*. I do not have a PayPal acct...

I think they wanted to hack my login as I went to their encrypted page as I went to the PayPal page and then they would have my login or have total access to the account...which I don't have so I do worry about the people who have accounts and wouldn't think about this and go into their link...and be scammed.

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I received an email on Nov 5th saying my account was limited and I needed to update my info. So I thought it was a legitimate email from PayPal. Then on Nov7th I noticed $409.90 had been taken out of my account saying PAYPAL. MRPOPULARNO. CAUS. I had not purchased anything online in months. This sounds like the same type scam as I read is being done with AMAZON. They are sending emails that look like a legitimate company. Luckily, my bank worked with me and I am getting my money back

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- Cedar Falls, IA, USA
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False response to Craig's List add. Informed me via text that their agent would pick up the item I had for sale. Asked me if I had a PayPal account and thaat they had made payment via PayPal. They then sent me scam e-mails impersonating PayPal. I di not use the links in their e-mails. I checked my account, no payment. I ended the conversation.

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- Toledo, OH, USA
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I received this email and immediately tried to contact both PayPal and Wish. Wish was not open because it was the weekend and two attempts trying to call PayPal said that their number was experiencing technical difficulties. I stupidly logged into the email thinking it was PayPal and entered my personal information. Finally was able to contact PayPal a few hours later and was told this was a fraud. Immediately cancelled all of my accounts and contacted my local authorities to see what else I could do.

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- San Antonio, TX, USA
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Copy of email I received on Monday, May 15, 2018 via email-I do not have an account with Paypal and I have never had an account with Paypal.

???s it seems that y??r billing rec?rds are ??t ?f date

Recently y??r acc??nt has been s?bject t? a?t?matic ?pdates regarding y??r billing rec?rds,y?? ha?e been rand?mly ch?sen t? maintain y??r credit card details f?r sec?rity meas?res,

?n ?rder t? ??erate the ?ay?al Ser?ices and t? red?ce the risk ?f fra?d, ?ay?al m?st ask y?? t? ?r??ide ?s ?ith inf?rmati?n ab??t y??rself, incl?ding y??r credit ?r debit card and/?r bank acc??nt details.

Confirm My Account

?his ne? sec?rity statement ?ill hel? ?s c?ntin?e t? ?ffer ?ay?al as a sec?re and c?st-effecti?e ?ayment ser?ice. We a??reciate y??r c???erati?n and assistance.

?hanks f?r y??r hel?!

C??yright © 1999–2017. ?ll rights reser?ed. ?ay?al ?te. Ltd. ?ddress is 5 ?emasek ???le?ard #09-01 S?ntec ???er 5 Singa??re 038985.

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Just received an email from a sender claiming to be PayPal. Absolute scam! Screenshots of the email attached here (photo showing shipping address of scammer). The email has been reported as "phishing scam" and deleted.

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Here is a copy of the email

It will just take a minute, [email protected].

eBay

Take a minute to update your order

Hi [email protected],

Thanks for contact us today. Let's make sure your order is up to date so we can better protect your account.

Date & Time : 20/04/2017 & 10:12AM

Shipped To: 7671 Lexington Dr, Biloxi, MS 39532

Item : Alienware 15 4K UHD Touchscreen Gaming Laptop Intel Skylake Core i7-6700HQ 16GB DDR4 Memory 256GB SSD

Price: $1,498.79

It's not you?

Update order detail

eBay is committed to your privacy. Read our user agreement and privacy notice. Learn how to recognize fake (spoof) emails.

We don't check replies sent to this email. If you have questions, we want to help you find an answer.

Copyright ©2017 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. eBay and the eBay logo are trademarks of eBay Inc., 890 Akard Dr, Reno, NV 89503.

Email reference id: [#be795db9ff454d1d9f4e5c7bb1bd2aa9#]

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- Meridian, ID, USA
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A text message was received from the above number stating my Paypal account due to security reasons. To unlock it it told me to click the website above to review my account.

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- Colorado Springs, CO, USA
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Received an email saying unusual activities were detected on my PayPal account, however I do not have a PayPal. There was a button saying click here to follow the steps, but I didn't, because I knew it was a scam because I got them before.

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calls pretending to be PayPal and asks for account info.

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- Muscle Shoals, AL, USA
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I occasionally receive an email from the above given email address claiming and appearing to be from PayPal but are not. On this email they request that I verify the alternate email address for my PayPal account. I never respond and forward the email to you guys at the ScamPulse.com I couldn't find that email address today when I received an email from them again.

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Waned to update paypal account, have not used it in years, asked for credit card info and social security number.

called paypal, said this was a scam went to the bank and cancelled credit card .

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hi i paid for an item, on ebay with two ebay gift cards... i had a problem with the item i purchased so i received a refund of 191.15 USD but my account was limited which means i could not send or move the money.... i did not care about lifting the limitation. but paypal was SUPPOSED to move the money back into the ebay voucher. but they instead held the funds into paypal and stated that there was a chance of a chargeback when there was not as i have not received any money from other people as to where they could say there is chance for me to move the money out of the account/spend it. and they end up loosing money. could you guys please help me get my money back they gave me this reference (from paypal) (Your case ID for this reason is PP-005-298-942-909.)

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I received an email from someone posing as PayPal. They gave me a link to update my credit information. I was not cautious. I did give my information. I am currently trying to cancel that credit card. I am worried what they might do with my information. What can I do to protect myself now?

Thanks for your help

Laura B.

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I keep getting emails telling me y enter personal banking info and PayPal says they are not legit but I'm getting more and more pushy ones I guess you'd say

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- Jersey Shore, PA, USA
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We are receiving phone calls from an entity that identifies themselves as Paypal. They have left phone messages. We do not have a Paypal account. When we return the call, they want personal information like my husband's birthdate. We refuse and the call ends. But we receive more messages from them. We checked with Paypal, and they say it is not them.

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- Mound, MN, USA
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Received an email from PayPal or posing as PayPal reporting higher risk activity in my PayPal account. Requested you login to PayPal through link and update account info. Name, address, cc on file, and social security number. It takes you into what looks like your pay pal account.

Definite scam as soon as I updated the cc # I had fraudulent activity on my cc account.

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I received an email supposedly from PayPal requesting I click on a link to pay a fake $271.45 USD invoice to [email protected]

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A man answered my 'vehicle 4 sale' advert with an email which included a suspicious link. The link supposedly went to his PayPal account. What if this link spoofed the real PayPal website where I would be asked to open a PayPal account which might not be real? What if the fake link asked for my personal information, setting me up for ID theft? 

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