Email actually NOT from PayPal
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52167)
Staten Island, New York
May 25, 2021 3:09pm CST
I was looking through my email just now and came upon an email from PayPal Assistant. Just from seeing that name, I knew right away the email was not actually from PayPal.
I went into it anyway just to see the sender's email and it confirmed it was not from PayPal. The body of the email said they believe that a third party tried accessing my account and so they temporarily restricted access to my account and removed my credit card and bank account info. To regain access to my account I had to follow certain steps. There were no steps but a button to click on to regain access to my account. Of course, I did nothing as I knew it was a scam.
I am surprised that this email was in my inbox. Usually emails like this end up in my Junk/Spam folder.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
26 May 21
That kind of stuff really annoys me. Had a bunch of spam calls yesterday and finally stopped answering the phone.
@lovebuglena (52167)
• Staten Island, New York
26 May 21
If it is an unknown number I never pick up the phone unless I am expecting a call from someone and I do not know their number.
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@lovebuglena (52167)
• Staten Island, New York
27 May 21
@LindaOHio I don't pick up the phone if it's a number I don't know. I figure if it's a legit call and it's something important they will leave a voicemail.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
27 May 21
@lovebuglena Me too! I got really annoyed yesterday because it was about the 10th call about Medicare something-or-other.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
25 May 21
I've had a few emails get through my spam filter recently too. Recently it's been people trying to spoof amazon since I have ordered from them a few times recently.
@lovebuglena (52167)
• Staten Island, New York
25 May 21
I've gotten "Amazon" emails as well but they went to the junk folder right away.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
25 May 21
@lovebuglena I need to check my filters because I've had some non junk to the junk mail folder recently.
@lovebuglena (52167)
• Staten Island, New York
25 May 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Oh, that is not good. I've had that happen as well.
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@lovebuglena (52167)
• Staten Island, New York
25 May 21
That is annoying. I had one of those emails in my inbox and I tried to delete it (using my phone) and could not.
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@DaddyEvil (174336)
• United States
26 May 21
Did you redirect that email to PayPal spoofing email? That's what we're supposed to do with those. Then PayPal can trace them and get the authorities to arrest the people sending them.
The email is spoof@paypal.com
Don't do anything but send the email to them. PayPal will take care of the rest.
@lovebuglena (52167)
• Staten Island, New York
26 May 21
I didn't do that. I had no idea about that.
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@lovebuglena (52167)
• Staten Island, New York
26 May 21
@DaddyEvil Good to know.
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@moffittjc (128833)
• Gainesville, Florida
26 May 21
I get so many scam PayPal emails that I don’t open any of them now. Everything goes right into the delete file.
@moffittjc (128833)
• Gainesville, Florida
26 May 21
@lovebuglena I’ve had that happen to me as well before.
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@lovebuglena (52167)
• Staten Island, New York
26 May 21
Recently, I got a scam email from PayPal and I was not even able to delete it. I was using the mail app on my iPhone. I was able to delete it later thankfully.
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@Ladanger (14572)
• United States
26 May 21
I’m getting so tired of these scam calls and emails. We have to be really careful nowadays.
@lovebuglena (52167)
• Staten Island, New York
26 May 21
Sometimes there are way too many of them.
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@lovebuglena (52167)
• Staten Island, New York
26 May 21
@Ladanger I sometimes get the spam calls. I do not pick up unknown numbers. If a voicemail is left it is usually in Chinese.
@Ladanger (14572)
• United States
26 May 21
@lovebuglena it seems like everyday I get scam calls. Even messages on my phone.
@lovebuglena (52167)
• Staten Island, New York
27 May 21
I never do. I usually never even open the email.
@lovebuglena (52167)
• Staten Island, New York
26 May 21
Some spam emails are very believable and look almost real.
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@lovebuglena (52167)
• Staten Island, New York
27 May 21
Yes. Sadly, there are people that fall for these kinds of scams.
@RasmaSandra (97954)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 May 21
I have had similar spam mails like this and I am always careful and delete them,
@lovebuglena (52167)
• Staten Island, New York
26 May 21
That's the best thing to do. I usually do not even open them and delete right away.
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