Anyone can experience a Paypal fraud or PayPal scam. Some days ago, I just received a fake PayPal email. I have the habit of looking through my mail account's Spam folder before hitting the trash can button. I would browse through the mails to check if an important message has been trapped in the spam filter.
I came across an email from PayPal. It says that I have successfully sent a payment of $149.49 USD to a certain Dave Klein. The problem is, I haven't made such purchase at all. Like in the official emails of PayPal, this one has the company logo and a link to "PayPal's website" for me to see the transaction.
Instead of clicking the link, I googled Dave Klein. There are many Dave Klein's but there is no such seller on Amazon with that name. I also noticed that aside from myself, there are several recipients of this suspicious email.
I immediately researched about what I have to do when I received a PayPal fraud or scam letter. PayPal has an email address specifically for this purpose. Just forward the seemingly fake email to spoof@paypal.com and immediately delete it from your inbox. Read more about reporting PayPal fraud/scam here.
Today, I received a letter from the real PayPal. It says that the suspicious email that I received days ago is indeed a fraud. I'm glad that I didn't click the link or did anything that would reveal my password to the thieves.
If you received a letter from PayPal about any transaction that you're sure you haven't made, send a report to PayPal immediately. Panicking and clicking the link in the email could compromise your account. Protect yourself or others from these thieves. Report them.
Will be sure to be extra careful when I see something like this on my mail. I think one of the nightmares that freelancers face is when we fall victim to scams like these.Thanks for the tips!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome joselle!:)
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