Don't be FOOLED by this PayPal Scam!

[@tony_w839]

Please warn not to click on any link in an email unless you are totally confident of the source, then think twice. The link could be a connection to ransomware.

[@user-mv5zt8qd9l]

I was going to comment pretty much the same thing. If I see something like this I go on the app or website (manually through my browser). If the questionable invoice isn't there when you open the site legitimately then chances are it's fake.

[@barbd5607]

Just delete the email and go to the app.

[@mikeypeters7003]

@@barbd5607 The point to the video, the estimate WAS in PayPal, and sent through ebay. So in this case, it would not help.

[@brolohalflemming7042]

I think the reason why this one works is because it's actually from PayPal. So scammer sets up a PayPal account, which allows estimates as part of the legitimate service. So scammers use this feature, then create the 'Note' to make it looks like it was a legitimate note from PayPal, not the scammer. So they add their own phone number and phish for victims. I suspect the way it works next is it'll use the note you send back to generate an actual invoice as if you've accepted the estimate. Then you'd have to go through PayPal's dispute process to deal with it. So they're exploiting an actual PayPal feature, and it's worth forwarding to the official PayPal scam/abuse address. It's why the header verification works, because they are using PayPal's system to generate the notes.

[@firsteerr]

@@barbd5607 no send the e mail to the scam department of pay pal or who ever

[@stevegee8010]

PayPal must be aware of this, so what's worrying is they've not sent out any warnings to their customers, or at least I've not had anything from them.

[@m3photo726]

They’re too busy dealing with their own woke stupidity scam trying to steal 2500$ from you by accusing you of saying some home truth or other on the internet. Backtracking from that is taking them some considerable effort. It turns out they “misinformed” about “misinformation” fines … What a lovely world …

[@peterw4338]

In simple terms, it appears that the scammers have highjacked the PayPal Server and piggybacked part of the server for their own use. PayPal will not wish to admit that. (a sever could be located and mirrored over several sites and countries). (I have 35 years professional IT experience with corporate customers including major banks)

[@EwanMarshall]

@@peterw4338 Not so much, this is a legitimate service paypal provides so contractors can send out estimates for work contracts, then they can easily be converted to invoices and paid through paypal later. Nothing fundamentally wrong with the service, scammers of course will use anything they can.

[@peterw4338]

@@EwanMarshall Good point

[@howardosborne8647]

Paypal are bunch of shits. They obviously couldn't care tuppence for their customer's security.....another one of Musk's monsters.

[@clazzagee]

You're fast becoming a champion of the people. Really like this content.

[@BlackBeltBarrister]

😁👍

[@mazzid9973]

@@BlackBeltBarrister AGREE 👍 even though from Australia 🇦🇺 these things happen here! I am not dumb, I log in and check for myself what action is on my account. THEN I BLOCK 🚫 the offending email. 👍💯🐨🇦🇺🦘THAN YOU ALL THE SAME💞🦘

[@BlackBeltBarrister]

@@mazzid9973 Thank you 😊 🙏

[@paulbaker2098]

@@mazzid9973 Be careful: if you block the email it will block legitimate PayPal messages. Trust me I could not find anything wrong with the message - it came from PayPal!

[@vision_thing]

you can check the X-originator for the IP of where it came from in the email header, which will likely not be paypal.

[@alangordon3283]

I do that every time for all and any e mail

[@formicapple2]

That’s what I do, but look very carefully.

[@BlackBeltBarrister]

It actually was indeed PayPal!

[@BionicRusty]

Well done BB. 👍 I always contact the company via their website or even Twitter and ask them if it’s real or a scam. I NEVER click on a ‘Contact Us’ button from within the email because obviously this will direct you right to the scammers door.

[@glennjanot8128]

I use Thunderbird as my email client and when you hover your mouse cursor over the link, you see the real link at the bottom

[@musicmememachine2998]

@@glennjanot8128 yes me too, but in this case (I've had the same scam email) the links all appear genuine, so it's a good scam, if not from the inside.

[@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391]

If I get a text that's suspicious, I always google what the text says to see if it's a scam, I almost missed out on free data over Christmas because I'm so suspicious.

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

Don’t click on it? Quite right too! I have received about six of these over the past couple of weeks, and your best bet is to access your PayPal account in the normal way on the legit website and you’ll get any messages if they’ve sent them legitimately.

[@jue8176]

I won’t fall for it because I close my account a long time ago so any mail from them just get sent to the bin

[@howardosborne8647]

Me too.

[@howareyou857]

And me. Got a form of this email and thought it strange . Ignored it

[@jue8176]

@@howareyou857 best thing you can do I close my account a long time ago and if I do get anything from PayPal it goes right into the bin I never open anything that I haven’t asked for .i don’t open a lot of mail because it’s just rubbish are scammers 👍you did the right thing

[@captaindunsell8568]

It’s not just PayPal being used this way. Amazon, PayPal, even credit card companies

[@fatheadcat9958]

The clue here is PayPal never ask for money you owe, they just take it :)

[@dogsallowed7]

I hope paypal are looking into this. Valuable information as always 🙏🏼

[@kyranar935]

The problem is that Paypal will not let you delete your account. They claim there is a pending transaction and refuse to close the account / unlink your bank info.

[@slimjimpui]

@@kyranar935 I deleted my account no probs; they sent me a message saying "Sorry you're leaving" and advised me that I could open a new account at any time

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

PS: addendum to my above comment, sorry about the typos; KZbin won’t allow me to edit my comment, but I’m sure you get my drift. Best wishes and good luck! And thank you, BBB!

[@gernblanston4956]

Dump PP like most everyone else has

[@archstanton5603]

Following Disability-Discrimination by Paypal (long story involving Sec.20 Equality Act) I closed my Paypal account (they tried to stop me from doing this) and blocked all further e-mails from Paypal. - I am still here, life is carrying on as usual so clearly I didn't need Paypal!

[@John-the-Bass]

I also closed my pay pal account for the same reason. Well done!

[@admiralackbar9307]

I closed my paypal account also, because they behave like the CCP

[@THEJR-of5tf]

Thank you for for giving us more sound advice. Your videos are a great source of how to avoid scams.

[@janetbowersox83]

Love all the knowledge you willingly pass on......very helpful!

[@Mviews-hb4ib]

I'm impressed! I got one thismorning and googled the number . I've reported it

[@Mviews-hb4ib]

Then went to PayPal site and discovered I don't even have PayPal so it definitely can't be just a list of account emails from PayPal it's people who have never set one up also

[@unclemarksdiyauto]

Thanks you so much for making us aware of this scam! The scammers are getting better all the time!

[@CptCactus-11-20-6]

There have been a lot of scams involving Paypal recently. The most convincing are the ones that actually use PayPal to send an invoice to you. They use the description/more information boxes in the invoice to make it more convincing. PayPal really needs to get on top of these scams.

[@shadowsilverlight1651]

ive had that happen twice. was sent 2 different invoices with same exact amount. they hope that you just go pay it and not question what it is. but seeing a $650 invoice and not buying anything nearly close to that amount, i knew it was bullshit

[@interdiction2]

Didn't PayPal (or maybe they still do) always use your first name as a form of security on the assumption that scammers won't know your actual PayPal registration details?

[@vi6ddarkking]

Considering The Recent Paypal Mess The Timing Of This Scam Is Somewhat Less Than Ideal.

[@pelinoregeryon6593]

That depends who you are, from the scammers perspective it is ideal, that's why their are so many of them right now.

[@shadowsilverlight1651]

you cant blame paypal for a scammer sending you an invoice through them. no more than you can blame post office for delivering a fake invoice to you. the scammers are who are at fault, they are just using businesses like paypal to scam people. this is gonna happen to all these types of businesses.

[@carabingham3207]

I’ve had similar emails claiming to be from PayPal. But saying “payment request” and if I don’t contact them then the money will be withdrawn. I didn’t do anything, nothing was taken out of my account but I’m sure if I had contacted them the scammer would have asked me for my details and scammed me that way. In a eat it’s scary how clever these scams are

[@doglifehub]

I'm actively trying to find other ways to receive money from a couple of US companies, then I'm closing my PayPal account. After the recent revelations about them, and the way they treated Toby Young etc. I will have nothing to do with them.

[@Haywood-Jablomie]

the Left Wing side of the Canadian government has made deals with PayPal and GoFundMe as well as other platforms that accept money whether it's payment services or charities or crowdfunding, the deals basically state that they can ban conservatives or right wingers and that the payment companies must comply. Pure corruption

[@desres2281]

What's a good alternative??? I'd like to close my account for the same reason! 👍👍

[@Haywood-Jablomie]

@@desres2281 Many people are reverting back to using their Debit and Credit cards directly online... but depending on your country that could also still be risky because many countries and Banks may not have security measures for you in case you get your information stolen.

[@doglifehub]

@@desres2281 My problem is that two companies, which I rely on for some of my income, will only pay to PayPal outside of the US. I'm trying to persuade them to use other methods.

[@EwanMarshall]

@@Haywood-Jablomie And if stolen, doesn't stop someone using the card information in a different country to you.

[@tidysampler585]

Once a time, I used to receive a ridiculous amount of scam email’s! It’s astonishing how using “a” VPN can change all that. I never press a link in an email now. Always go into said account and check for actual communication.

[@stephenoliver1437]

It surly should be reported to PayPal for possible investigation for fraud

[@jonkirk2118]

Thanks. The other giveaway before even checking the email headers was the shoddy English. No-one at Paypal would say "...from billing department of Paypal". That looks like a translation of how non-English languages would word it. Also, they seem to start the sentence with "Billing department Of Paypal....", which suggests it's Eastern European, maybe Russian, since when speaking English they normally don't use the definite article "the". It's always a giveaway in their scams. They also capitalised the "Of" for some reason. So, not even remotely convincing!

[@Drew-Dastardly]

Stop being racist - I think you need a $2500 paypal fine. Let me know your account so I can inform on you.

[@Vee-Hive]

@@Drew-Dastardly He's already been fined for this offence, but all people reporting him should be rewarded. Let me know your account info and we'll make arrangements.

[@InJusticeAustralia]

Perfect timing! As I got this email today, and even being scam wary, I was questioning this one as it looked so convincing, using PayPal’s email, good English (rare), and their logos etc. Thanks for sharing.

[@paulsawtell3991]

Yes but you didn't request the estimate for whatever it is!

[@EwanMarshall]

This is actually being done through paypals estimating service, part of the scam is they'll convert the estimate to an invoice through paypal if you accept the estimate: | Can I convert estimates into invoices? | Convert your estimate into an invoice at any time. Your customer doesn’t need to accept the estimate through PayPal for you to convert it into an invoice. That is also why the email did in fact come from paypal. In future if you are not sure though, your security measures were not enough, at least use a virtual machine to isolate just in case the link leads to malware.

[@AnIrishRover]

You said PayPal and Anyway shape or form, so many times my mind went numb before you reached the end.

[@heeeeeresrossy]

Got this very email the other day. Instant delete & report job. I've been too long at this thing we call the internet to fall for that nonsense. But kudos for making people aware of this kind of slimy scam 👌

[@cchivers2665]

Thank you for the reassurance. I have received a number of these, but addressing me by the wrong name, so I assumed that IF it was legitimate, the person in question would eventually let Paypal know. Rather be safe than sorry, I did not click on anything, thank goodness!

[@a.person3986]

Thank you for the warning 😮. Seems PayPal would be on this like a frog on a June-bug and improve their internal security so they can detect these security breaches quickly. You give most informative and clear explanations and are appreciated 😊 ❤.

[@mikewurlitzer5217]

I would not put it pass PayPal to be part of this scam as they must be hemorrhaging money after their new "Terms of Service" and threats of $2,500 fines for posting something they don't agree with. I canceled PayPal within 3 minutes of receiving that threat. My understanding is it has been a tsunami of cancellations with this new TOS that PayPal then tried to lie about and say it was an error.

[@vinnyOdea878]

I got rid of PayPal when they went dystopian and wanted to fine people for speaking what's on their minds,I wish PayPal all the worst

[@mikewurlitzer5217]

As did I my friend! I would not be too sure this scam is not of PayPal origin as they must be hemorrhaging money with all the canceled accounts after their new TOS.

[@philf5043]

Can you not forward it to PayPal for them to take action against the perpetrator ?

[@beckyk408]

I got this email a few days ago (also addressed to "killo Carter") and forwarded it to the PayPal scam reporting email address, asking them to confirm it is a scam. Not heard back. But I'm not a lawyer!

[@andycapp8843]

Having been around for many decades and familiar with banking systems, I have yet to witness a situation where any financial institution posts an estimate for goods and/or services. When asking for a loan for instance, the institution will, or did, send out a proposal, not an estimate, setting out the terms and costs after having a discussion with the individual requesting same.

[@geoffwright9570]

Never used PayPal or ever going to. Any company that I'm making a purchase from wants payment by PayPal will loose my order.

[@shadowsilverlight1651]

and you seriously think paypal is the ONLY financial institute that has done stupid shit? please.

[@DIPU1036]

Such hard work listening to you.

[@Rusty-Hinge]

I had one of these a few weeks ago. I reported it as a phishing scam as I have not had a PayPal account for a few years.

[@josefschiltz2192]

I've had this alot! It immediately gets reported, dumped and blocked.

[@SpikeXtreme]

All banks and building societies tell their customers they will never ever ask their customers details about their debit or credit cards. They don't need too because they have your details. The same rules apply to any payment service.

[@SimonLondon]

I have received three of these emails. Another way to discover that this is a scam - there is a phone number in the text of the body of the email, this text is entered by the scammer on the notes section of the invoice they are sending you to make it read more genuine - the phone number is a scam call centre. Do NOT call the phone number in the body of the email as you will be talking to the scammers, not PayPal.

[@Stormingnj]

Very good. I hope you informed PayPal and gave them all that information.

[@naiboz]

I got basically the same yesterday for 600 quid, an invoice from PayPal, everything checked out, apart from the lunacy of an invoice from PayPal from a third party

[@pa_maj.MARTINI-van-MAN]

Comming up to Christmas is usually the most active time for scams, there'll be many more to come.

[@83Roboto]

Nice catch. Hopefully you have notified Paypal of this scam. They need to close the loop on stuff like this.

[@jerrygeorgopolis8015]

BBB, Interesting information on this. Particularly pointing out how this scammer used an actual PayPal link to piggyback itself too !! I have been receiving other forms of this scam. Mostly claiming I owe money on and order, I know I never placed. I put my Spam blocker to good use. Thank you and all the best to you and yours.

[@multirole240]

Many many thanks for all your help and warnings and taking the time to post

[@madmaxsdog8040]

I personally wonder how many scams originate from the "Accept all cookies" banner which blanks a web page before it can be viewed, I've started going to the cookie options and if there isn't a "Reject all" button I won't use the site no matter how tempting it looks.

[@andrewmason8844]

I’ve had a similar thing I get fake emails from virgin media from what seems to be there genuine email account on a daily basis it’s scary how easy it seems to be to do this and even more scary these big company’s seem to be doing nothing to protect there customers

[@bobnicholson6118]

As I've deleted my paypal account in light of their actions with the daily sceptic I'm not worried but useful info nonetheless.

[@craigwilliams6734]

Very good Daniel! I cannot believe Paypal have not addressed this issue ASAP!! Also, surely people would know if they know any money they owe in the first place...? Anyway, I always delete all that crap quicker than it comes in!

[@paulaseabee8442]

Whenever I get similarly convincing emails, as soon as it says "click this button" or whatever - I delete it and then actually go through to the official site and then look at the issue.

[@lesliecoler2215]

I got lots of these notices saying I owed money...... So fake and I will rethink using pay pal ever again....

[@Daisyworld743]

Left PayPal when they cancelled Free Speech Union.

[@shadowsilverlight1651]

arent you just a hero

[@MrPuzzles]

"Nord HAS NOT paid me! ....But they DO pay me."

[@pauldolman7487]

I Never go through the email, I always go direct to the website account if I can.

[@jeanyuen8547]

An elderly man I know answered this and as it looked so real he lost 5 thousand pounds, this has totally destroyed him as he can't believe he was scammed.

[@janegreen9340]

You and Martin Lewis should be working together for us! Thank you!

[@derickl436]

Excellent work as always, thank you. Out of curiosity, where does the law stand if you get a scammer’s email address and reply to them by sending a virus?

[@robinanderson1115]

THE LAW DOSENT GIVE A FU _ K. IF UR JUST A ODINARY PERSON.

[@odargoo4298]

I Had 3 emails today for the same amount £650. But saying I had bought eBay gift cards. reported & deleted them.

[@Zinglebarb]

Had this a few time, Was quite worrying till I read thew bottombit where it says if not requested you do not need to pay

[@SMariaKS]

I seem to be getting a lot of scam emails lately. I’m a bit paranoid. But I do tend to go to the actual company. But I’m bothered I may be having a “dozy” day one day and mess up.

[@robertnewell5057]

Never click a link. Followers of BBB may also be interested to know that Paypal have taken to closing the accounts of people/companies whose political and social views they disagree with, on the putative basis that these views breach their 'ethical' guidelines. One of these organisations was the Free Speech Union (now reinstated after massive complaints). Since Free Speech Union defend people of all political and social persuasions whose freedom of speech has been infringed by either legal process or large corporative sanctions, you can draw your own conclusions. Loads of people are leaving Paypal as a result.

[@krissio100]

That's actually a good job exposing that. Thanks!

[@thetruthwillout9094]

Good job I have cancelled my PayPal account last week.

[@darrengosling3477]

Keep up the good and informative work its much appreciated 🙂

[@kevinnorthfield5097]

Had two of these exact emails in last 24 hours, ignored both.

[@daylen577]

A VPN and TOR browser don't do shit in this situation, commercial consumer VPNs are a scam in and of itself

[@annstar4306]

Thanku Mr BBB 🙋

[@TheGodOfAllThatWas]

It should probably be noted that once you load up the link that goes to that specific invoice you are at some level telling the site your visiting that you got the message, and you clicked the link, and by extension that your email address is active and you were tempted enough to click the link. The VPN and TOR do not protect you from that.

[@spector969]

Yeah, I received this same "Killo Carter" scam yesterday, reported it to PayPal and deleted the message.

[@rochellewant5418]

Thank you sooo much for this important message 🙏🏼🥰

[@alexandersimpson3638]

I never take any notice of any emails from PayPal.. They advised as much to me not to, but rather login to your PayPal directly and never use links..

[@cha2117]

They used to make emails look bad to see if people fell for it because if you didn't notice strange things about the email they thought you'd be gullible enough to fool into giving them the money.

[@Drew-Dastardly]

They still do, and even Bill Gates himself acknowledged this mode of scammer fraud.

[@Everything_Lincolnshire]

simple rule goto the website of any email directly and not from any email link

[@modelrailwaynoob]

It is very simple. Never click on any links in emails. If you have an email that claims to be from anyone you have an account with, just log into your account in the usual way. Ignore emails.

[@formicapple2]

Thanks for the heads up. Scammers are incredibly sophisticated theses days. I always log into my PayPal account, never clicking on the links in the message and from within my account I look for proof of that request and then act from within PAyPal.

[@dazzyd1964]

you can ring PayPal to confirm any correspondence from them.

[@mh1ultramarine]

vpn+tor isn't better than tor. It just adds a place that your vpn can possibly see what you are doing after the tor network has encrypted and bounced stuff around. It's worth looking up how it works from someone who knows better than I do

[@pauln6803]

I was going to say that using Tor through a VPN is a bit OTT for just hiding your real IP from a potential phishing scammer. You're quite right in that a VPN server provides a singular point of vulnerability.

[@EwanMarshall]

depends, hopefully you have it setup the other way, so VPN is the lower level and tor is the higher level, then all the VPN knows is you are running a tor tunnel. Still not worth it, not really adding much unless your ISP does things against tor.

[@xequals-pc1wl]

VPNs are pretty much a scam. It's rather disappointing that so many fairly intelligent KZbinrs promote them, but money always seems to be a lure. Tor gives real security but shouldn't be abused as a geo-blocker.

[@blinddan9289]

Got told about a scam a few days ago A scammer using social media to talk too ppl asking to be there sugar, daddy and offering to pay them thousands in euros and when the innocent victim agrees they get sent a paypal estimate for thousands of euros… just thought I’d share

[@alastairbarkley6572]

Who on earth would get fooled by that? Are you sure you understood what you got told?

[@blinddan9289]

@@alastairbarkley6572 yep i did hear right A man was asking gils on inster, saying he was lonely and was happy to pay the girl to talk them etc… when the girl said yes she gave him her paypal info and then sent her a estimate in euros she excepted the estimate and i am still waiting to find out the out come from it.

[@RatBagDad]

I had something similar happen years ago with someone trying to scam my bank details. email looked legit, was directed to opening an electronic dialogue. They kept asking me to give my details but I just responded by getting them to verify who they're talking to. "I know my name, you say you're my bank, you already know my name and address, what is my full name?, would you like to ask me my security question?"... they gave up quite quickly.

[@StephenSwindells]

Just close your PayPal account anyway.

[@joebloggs4807]

Knowledge is empowering, thanks for the heads up.

[@Kev_Partner]

I had this one today, it is indeed very clever. They're gambling on a tiny percentage of people misreading/misunderstanding the big button on that page and initiating a transaction.

[@johnlightfoot9967]

Don't know if you read the comments BB but I was driving down a tree lined road a few days ago, I wondered who is responsible if a tree blew over 1. That is growing on the grass verge, 2. That is growing in one of the gardens bordering the road.

[@heartweddingsphotography2490]

Thank you for the advice, very much appreciated 🙂

[@mikee9765]

Every e-mail I have seen that refers to a monetary amount as "GBP" has been a scam!

[@greebo6549]

The ONLY emails I open are expected receipts, usually within 15min of a purchase… all others are just deleted

[@TVS-SMFL]

Why would anyone click on a link in an email especially with regards to money, just logon to your account & all communications should be logged there.

[@PurpleNurpleSPN]

I got this email today and I was also impressed by the scammers. I also did the copy and paste email address thing and I was curious. I phoned paypal (from googling their customer service and not the phone number on the email) just to confirm and let them know. i've forwarded the email to the phishing department. My email also said it was from a verified email. I'm good at spotting scams, but this one had me thinking maybe someone hacked my paypal.

[@entropy7556]

Be interested in the legality of PayPal's newest idea of fining people $2500 dollars for wrong think. It was a policy which they recently walked back on. But I'm sure it will end up in court if they do decide to go ahead with it.

[@howardosborne8647]

To repeat what I've posted earlier Paypal is another of Musk's monsters. Best avoided.

[@AnnieRed66]

The scammer has been scammed, now so many people have closed their PayPal accounts...

[@moyadapne968]

@@howardosborne8647 The mere use of the word Musk frightened me, so I had to check. Luckily he's not part of Paypal any more.

[@xequals-pc1wl]

@@moyadapne968 They fired him for being useless about a decade ago.

[@michaelberridge1934]

I recently received a PayPal email requesting that I confirm my identity. This surprised me as I have been with them for 4 years. I sent various details that were requested. This was evidently not accepted, because further details were requested in order to avoid having my account closed. I sent further details which were 100% confirmation of who I was with a complete profile identity. The consequence of that was that my account was closed, and all funds in the account would be held for SIX MONTHS for them to send me instructions of how to get paid. My protest at this was ignored and the account remains dead. It all seems VERY SUSPICIOUS to me. And they now have a complete profile of my identity. I was declared an unacceptable "fraud risk" and my cash flow had exceeded a regulatory amount!!

[@chesshooligan1282]

For anyone who still doesn't know, Paypal recently added a clause to their terms and conditions whereby they could help themselves to $2,500 of your money if you engaged in "misinformation." They, of course, would be the ones to decide what is and isn't misinformation. The clause has been removed after massive backlash, but nobody should be using Paypal any more.

[@shadowsilverlight1651]

😂😂😂 they already backtracked on that….if you hate paypal, just dont use it

[@chesshooligan1282]

@@frankmurray1549 Google Pay and Apple Pay, I believe, or just use your credit/debit card.

[@bullcrap4243]

@@chesshooligan1282 Google Pay and Apple Pay HA HA WHATS WORSE

[@chesshooligan1282]

@@bullcrap4243 Not a fan of those two either, but they can't be as bad as Paypal. Any other ideas?

[@howardosborne8647]

Not just the clause that got removed. It prompted me and several others I know to remove Paypal as a future payment option.

[@abell509]

I received a paypal text message saying my account was charged hundreds of dollars. Instead of clicking the link I checked my bank account and then logged into my paypal acct and verified the transaction had not taken place. I deleted the message.

[@farn451]

Had this come in today. I knew it was a scam immediately but took my time to look it over thoroughly. It's a VERY good scam. Using PP itself to do it is genius, no amateur hour phishing site copy, the actual real site itself. Brilliant.

[@PhilErringtonSK7]

I made a comment here yesterday and was wrong. The email is from Paypal as BBB says. The trick is that the scammer is using the SELLER NOTE TO CUSTOMER section to advertise their scam centre phone number. The scammers can edit this to whatever they want. They are maipulating the paypay quote system to send this to a mailing list, but the emails genuinly come from paypal.

[@johnbower7452]

If I get a bill and I know I haven't bought anything it goes straight in the junk. I used to report them too but nothing ever got done so what's the point.

[@cavendish009]

I think I got one of these but as I don't use Paypal or ever signed up to paypal I deleted it immediately. They obviously have no clue who their customers are ??????!!!!!

[@drivinginluton5745]

I got this very same email. I always check with the paypal site directly. NEVER CLICK LINKS ON EMAILS.

[@karenfrashier7604]

I received an email from them saying there were upcoming changes to accounts only I do not have a paypal account. I believe it was a trick to get me to 'change' my password to open account! I did email them to notify I did not have account. No phone etc. so no other form of communication with them.

[@pauln6803]

When PayPal sends you a notification of upcoming changes, they usually state these can be found on their website and that you, the client, do not have to do anything.

[@archstanton5603]

Just received an e-mail from what appears to be from PayPal asking me to log into my account (which was closed in April 2022) stating I'm about to be charged an inactivity fee. I believe this is a fraudulent e-mail and will be alerting my bank accordingly without contacting PayPal. Is there anything else I should do? I'm convinced this is a scam because it was sent to my No.1 e-mail address as I used my No. 2 e-mail address for PayPal......

[@geordiemik72]

I've had two of those. They went straight in the bin. I was also surprised at how legit the email address looked but as I had not spent £650 on anything lately I didn't feel the need to look very far into it. Something that does look a bit fishy is that it appears that some scammer has been able to find his way into Paypal's system and presumably send who knows how many of these seemingly without Paypal becoming aware of it. That seems a little bit unlikely. If they are aware of it you might think they would be shouting from the rooftops to safeguard their users. Oh! just a minute though. If they did shout about it the world would know that their system is far from safe and might just abandon ship. That can't be the case, can it?

[@jp5125]

hey i got this one yesterday as well!

[@kazzer115]

Got a few of these over last months - have only used Paypal for small amounts under $30 so when they said I owed them $900, I knew right away it was a scam. A quick Google search also warns you it's fake by how they address you as 'Paypal User'. Just block them & report phishing.