Have you encountered this scam?

@TheHorse (235527)
Walnut Creek, California
February 21, 2025 9:18pm CST
In recent days, I have gotten several emails telling me that I have been charged several hundred dollars for my purchase of crypto currency via my PayPal account. If I call this number I can challenge the charges, and not have to pay them. Have you received emails like this? There was one former MyLotter (some of you will remember him) who would call such scammers and record his conversations with them. It was hilarious. Do you get emails like this?
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@AmbiePam (114499)
• United States
22 Feb 25
I get emails about my large purchase using PayPal, but so far they have never mentioned cryptocurrency. Of course, a large purchase from me through PayPal just makes me snicker. And yes, now I want a Snickers.
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@TheHorse (235527)
• Walnut Creek, California
22 Feb 25
Ah, my mind works similarly. I'll see if I have any chocolate in my fridge.
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@kaylachan (83478)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Feb 25
Most of those hit my spam folder and I don't look into them much. But, it's a popular scam.
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@TheHorse (235527)
• Walnut Creek, California
22 Feb 25
I've been getting that one a lot recently.
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@kaylachan (83478)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Feb 25
@TheHorse I've been getting the usps package text message scam a lot.
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@TheHorse (235527)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Feb 25
@kaylachan I get that one too. But I think it's by email.
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@snowy22315 (204123)
• United States
22 Feb 25
I get a lot of paypal scam stuff. I just ignore it.
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@TheHorse (235527)
• Walnut Creek, California
22 Feb 25
That's the best thing to do.
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@snowy22315 (204123)
• United States
22 Feb 25
@TheHorse I agree
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@yukimori (10183)
• United States
22 Feb 25
The ones I get seem to all be for Cash App right now. It's pretty obvious because I've never used Cash App before. I see a lot of fake invoice scams at work. They're really similar to what you described: the client comes in having gotten an invoice for around $500 or so. They have the same "courteous" invitation to call the 800 number on the invoice to challenge the charges or get a refund... and that's how they get their victims, because they'll ask for a credit card number to issue the refund to, then run up a bunch of charges on it. Or sometimes they'll sweet talk the client into giving them remote access to their PC, and then I have to go clean up the mess they've left behind. Some of the guys at work are bugged when clients just walk in to ask "stupid" questions about those emails, but I'd rather they do that than fall victim to the scammers!
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@TheHorse (235527)
• Walnut Creek, California
22 Feb 25
Some people still fall for this stuff. Maybe more than I had suspected.
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@TheHorse (235527)
• Walnut Creek, California
22 Feb 25
@yukimori Yikes.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
22 Feb 25
Yes I do and I send them to spoof@paypal.com.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
23 Feb 25
@TheHorse Yes I get a response saying thank you and then I usually don't get the same one again, of course there are a million of them.
@TheHorse (235527)
• Walnut Creek, California
22 Feb 25
Do those spoof forwards actually lead to any action?
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@JudyEv (373810)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Feb 25
I haven't had any of these, thank goodness. They try anything, don't they?
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@TheHorse (235527)
• Walnut Creek, California
22 Feb 25
@JudyEv Exactly.
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@TheHorse (235527)
• Walnut Creek, California
22 Feb 25
It must work now and again.
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@JudyEv (373810)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Feb 25
@TheHorse It must work often enough to keep them trying.
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@GardenGerty (167986)
• United States
22 Feb 25
I have two PayPal accounts. One I no longer use at all. They are connected to two different e mails. The one I do not use is supposedly sending me documents to sign via "docusign" because of failed transactions. I need to just delete that one, but I feel like in a way it is bait for the scammers so they leave my other one alone.
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@jstory07 (147729)
• Roseburg, Oregon
22 Feb 25
I got something like that yesterday. I never go into them.
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@LeaPea2417 (39647)
• Toccoa, Georgia
22 Feb 25
Yes and I just delete them.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54356)
• United States
22 Feb 25
I haven’t received this one, but definitely many others.
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@RasmaSandra (95134)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Feb 25
Usually my Scam folder grabs them,but I have had invoices sent for say $500 or more for some item I have ordered through PayPal I toss those and block the email that sent it,
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@JESSY3236 (21678)
• United States
25 Feb 25
no I haven't.
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@TheHorse (235527)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Feb 25
Why me?
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@JESSY3236 (21678)
• United States
4 Mar 25
@TheHorse A few days ago I did get an email like that.
@lovebuglena (49756)
• Staten Island, New York
22 Feb 25
Luckily I didn’t get these emails. But I receive tons of other crap that I have to delete.
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@TheHorse (235527)
• Walnut Creek, California
22 Feb 25
Yep. I go on a deleting spree every morning.
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@MarkPaul (293)
22 Feb 25
These seem to have replaced the ones from that Nigerian Prince who came into a huge amount of money and just needs a bank account to park the money until he retires and will pay a handsome "parking bonus" while confirming he heard can trust me. I wonder what ever happened to that Nigerian Prince. He seemed so trustworthy...
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@TheHorse (235527)
• Walnut Creek, California
22 Feb 25
Yes, I haven't heard from the Nigerian Prince in years. Unless he's in my SPAM box.
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• China
22 Feb 25
I have not got such emails and don't know of the crypto currency.
@wolfgirl569 (130831)
• Marion, Ohio
22 Feb 25
If I have got that it's in my spam folder and I never look there unless I am expecting something
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@moffittjc (127723)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Feb 25
The big scam going around Florida right now has to do with SunPass accounts (the account Floridians use to pay for toll roads). They call, text or email you and tell you that you have unpaid SunPass tolls and that you need to get a hold of them (the scammers) right away to correct the issue. Florida is a toll-by-plate state, so if your SunPass transponder isn't working for whatever reason, the toll booths will photograph your license plate and mail you the tolls fees you owe based on the address on file with the DMV.
@noni1959 (12677)
• United States
22 Feb 25
I have received a lot of spam text lately for tolls and Capital One collections. It's so annoying. Sadly, many fall for it.
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• India
22 Feb 25
These scam mails seem to be going everywhere these days! They try to capitalize by panicking people so they call them without analysing things. It’s always best to ignore them. I still receive mails of Nigerian prince and rich people who want to share their wealth with me. There are times I receive mail stating they are holding me for ransom or they will expose my secrets to my family and friends. Luckily, they all go to my spam. That former MyLotter should have had great sense of humour! Scam baiting can be entertaining when done well. It is fun when scammers react when they realize they have been fooled.
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