Fake PayPal Note Inside Transaction

A reddit report about a phishing scam that cost someone Amount not specified. Learn how to avoid falling victim.

Similar things have been done before, but I'm posting this because the Scammer did something clever that I hadn't encountered before. They posted a small transaction to my account (not a new tactic) that they knew PayPal would send me an urgent email about, and in the Note From Sender section they wrote up a paragraph that made it seem like it was from PayPal itself. After cross-referencing the phone number provided in the Transaction Note, it was clear it was not the same number as PayPal's Customer Care. The interesting and scary part of this is that the email comes from PayPal itself, so the whole email seems legit, because the Transaction Note is made to look like it's just more information direct from PayPal. Hope this is helpful. This one almost got me, stay vigilant!

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