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By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (43077)
Staten Island, New York
January 27, 2022 1:06pm CST
If you’re going to try and fool me that you are from PayPal do not send me an email where the displayed sender’s name is Pa==F0=9D=97=92=F0=9D=96=AF=F0=9D=96=BA=F0=9D=97=85yPal...
Also, don’t include this on the bottom of the email:
How do I know this is not a spoof email? Spoof or “phishing” emails tend to have generic greetings such as “Dear PayPal member.” Emails from PayPal will always address you by your given surname and given name. and then in the email write Dear username@email (in this case my email address).
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@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
27 Jan 22
Well, you know how mysterious a name you have to have when your father is a former king of a little-known nation of The Great Continent, and you NEED my bank-account information so you can make a huge deposit and then withdraw most of it ... 
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Jan 22
Or when you are the heir of a fortune...
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Jan 22
Their email was very long. That's including all the writing after the body of the email.
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@TheHorse (205753)
• Walnut Creek, California
27 Jan 22
@lovebuglena That's how I make my Big Bucks. Can you imagine editing all of that crap?
@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Jan 22
@TheHorse I wonder if it would be a fun task or if it would get annoying fast.
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@kaylachan (57655)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Jan 22
Yep. the usual e-mail adress for paypal is 'service@paypal.com' so, anything else is obviously not them. I don't understand how so many people get fooled so easily. When thease people slip so up so glaringly.
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Jan 22
The displayed name means nothing though. I've gotten emails where the displayed name is correct but actual email of the sender is bogus.
@ShyBear88 (59282)
• Sterling, Virginia
27 Jan 22
Lol, I swear they get dummer and dummer. My favorite is when it say “insert your name” they never do and just leave it as “insert your name”. Y’all got to be joking like ho the heck does they get anyone to fall for you trying to get info or money.
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@ShyBear88 (59282)
• Sterling, Virginia
27 Jan 22
@lovebuglena I laugh and deleted them if they are really good and it’s note worthy then I can post about it. Other wise it gets deleted if it hasn’t already made into the spam box before getting through.
@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Jan 22
I think I've seen those too. That's so dumb.
@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Jan 22
@ShyBear88 Usually these kinds of things go directly to the spam folder.
@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
27 Jan 22
Did you forward this email to the PayPal spoofing email address I gave you a couple of weeks ago? 
@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Jan 22
Nope. I don't even remember the email you gave me. But too late as I deleted that bs email, even from trash
Since this email was talking about phishing emails I wonder if they included a link to the paypal spoofing email.
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Jan 22
@DaddyEvil I hope I remember it.
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Jan 22
Some stuff that pasted showed up as ??? so I edited this discussion.
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Jan 22
The writing in the email is pretty good in terms of grammar and wording.
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@nela13 (55698)
• Portugal
27 Jan 22
I have never received this kind of emails, thank you, now I know how to recognize the scam.
@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Jan 22
Regardless of what email address is shown in the sender's field you should always check where the email actually came from. It can show the correct email address but the actual email address where the email came from can be something weird. That is a giveaway that the email is a scam or spam.
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@nela13 (55698)
• Portugal
27 Jan 22
@lovebuglena thank you, I still have a lot to learn but I am more aware of this now.
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
28 Jan 22
Yep. They are annoying and are getting very creative and good at making people believe the emails are legit. I bet enough people for fall it. 
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@LindaOHio (156157)
• United States
29 Jan 22
@lovebuglena I almost fell for the email from my "friend".
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