Nothing better to do

By Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (169439)

United States

April 27, 2020 9:42pm CST

Scammers seem to be out in force. It seems they have nothing better to do.The quarantine has made them antsy. At least every other day I get a notice that my Paypal is blocked, or compromised, or something. I can always tell it is a false e mail. I immediately forward it to spoof@paypal.com They send me messages back saying to delete it, do not click on links, change my password. Check for unauthorized transactions. Guess that is what I am going to do tonight. Check it out. Then I am going to bed.

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@sueznewz2 (10409)

• Alicante, Spain

28 Apr 20

yes there are some very unscrupulous people about trying to scam people out of things... I'm glad they didn't get you though

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@sueznewz2 (10409)

• Alicante, Spain

29 Apr 20

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

28 Apr 20

yeah I always go right to paypal via my own saved link, nothing in an email

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@GardenGerty (169439)

• United States

29 Apr 20

Never from an e mail is right.

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@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

29 Apr 20

@GardenGerty very true!

@BarBaraPrz (51811)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

28 Apr 20

Me too, all the time.

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@GardenGerty (169439)

• United States

29 Apr 20

I was pretty sure I was not alone. In fact @theHorse had a discussion about a suspicious link.

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@marlina (154103)

• Canada

28 Apr 20

One has to be very vigilant these days.

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@GardenGerty (169439)

• United States

29 Apr 20

Since I know I have not had any activity other than payments from MyLot and Textbroker I can spot a fraud quickly.

@LadyDuck (502208)

• Italy

28 Apr 20

We are lucky, not a lot of spam in the mail and no spam calls either.

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@GardenGerty (169439)

• United States

29 Apr 20

I am good at ignoring or reporting things. Glad you have very little.

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@LadyDuck (502208)

• Italy

29 Apr 20

@GardenGerty I am very good at reporting too.

@sophie09 (34230)

• Indonesia

28 Apr 20

i never get anything like that. thanks for sharing, i will send email to spoof paypal next time if i get any

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@GardenGerty (169439)

• United States

29 Apr 20

It is good you do not get things like that.

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@sophie09 (34230)

• Indonesia

29 Apr 20

@GardenGerty yeah i saw a lot of people complain about them getting spam or scam mails

@wolfgirl569 (135601)

• Marion, Ohio

28 Apr 20

I have had no problems lately. It has been nice. Even my phone is quiet.

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@GardenGerty (169439)

• United States

29 Apr 20

They all have decided to spoof me, I guess.

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@JudyEv (381837)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Apr 20

These people are so tiresome.

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@GardenGerty (169439)

• United States

29 Apr 20

Yes, they are.

@JohnRoberts (109841)

• Los Angeles, California

28 Apr 20

That PayPal scam is common.

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@GardenGerty (169439)

• United States

29 Apr 20

It is because so many people use it.

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@spiderdust (14756)

• San Jose, California

28 Apr 20

I get spam calls all day long. If I only got calls from real people, I think my phone would ring only half a dozen times a week.

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@GardenGerty (169439)

• United States

29 Apr 20

Mine would not even ring that much.

@Janet357 (75638)

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28 Apr 20

even here we get notice from our bank that we need to update our bla bla lol

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@GardenGerty (169439)

• United States

29 Apr 20

I know, pretty common. Glad you do not fall for it.