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Talk About A Scam!

Kachina624 — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 18:32:14 GMT

Ive been getting this type if thing way too often, usually a huge amount for some Norton antivirus product. This one takes the cake, however. I'm getting a new rifle when what I really wanted was a new Brahmin handbag. What a disappointment.

Does anyone have that email address for forwarding stuff to PayPal security?

Re: Talk About A Scam!

lkat — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 18:35:52 GMT

@Kachina624 Try forwarding to phishing@paypal.com

Re: Talk About A Scam!

Chessa35 — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 18:39:26 GMT

security center : 1-402-935-7733

Re: Talk About A Scam!

Kachina624 — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 18:42:45 GMT

@Chessa35 @lkat Thanks, that's just what I needed.

Re: Talk About A Scam!

Mindy D — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 18:48:35 GMT

@Kachina624

It's pfishing@paypal.com

Forward the entire email.

You will get a confirmation that they received it.

Re: Talk About A Scam!

millieshops — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 18:48:46 GMT

@Kachina624 I hate those scam "orders" If I bought everything they tell me I ordered, I'd be standing on the corner with a tin cup sooner rather than later!

Re: Talk About A Scam!

rms1954 — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 18:51:21 GMT

I get three/four a day.

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Spurt — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 18:56:44 GMT

Watch out for fraudulent texts too pretending to be from UPS regarding a package....they are just phising for information.....I hadn't even placed any orders in about 4 months .....

Re: Talk About A Scam!

MamaWick — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 19:01:34 GMT

I've gotten these and I don't even have PayPal.

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RespectLife — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 19:05:56 GMT

me too @MamaWick

No paypal, no facebook, No Costco w/in a hundred miles....NO MALE PARTS...

yet the spams come fast and furious!

Re: Talk About A Scam!

Kachina624 — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 19:10:37 GMT

I googled Grey Wolf Armory and there's scads of info about pfishing schemes going back several years. One place that's legit with that name says PayPal won't even accept accounts from gun dealers.

Does this verbiage sound strange?

"You can contact our customer service if you have any query for the order."

Anyway, I've reported it to PayPal.

Re: Talk About A Scam!

Tinkrbl44 — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 19:38:49 GMT

@Kachina624

Every morning I am sending a fake email to spoof@paypal.com.

They kindly acknowledge my email and thank me. It makes me feel like a good citizen.

I hate these scammers.

Re: Talk About A Scam!

Kachina624 — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 19:57:09 GMT

@Tinkrbl44 I don't get them very often so when I do, it's kind of alarming until I remember the scammers.

Re: Talk About A Scam!

sann — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 20:12:06 GMT

Around 4 or 5 in the morning lately I get these text messages saying my Amazon account has been compromised other times it's the same nonsense but it's the PayPal account....I don't have a PayPal account nor have I ever.....

Re: Talk About A Scam!

mimomof4 — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 20:19:14 GMT

I always forward these to Paypal but every once in a while I give them a snarky reply as well. Often when you look at the sender email I believe someone else's email address has also been spoofed.

Re: Talk About A Scam!

beach-mom — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 20:53:51 GMT

@Kachina624 - I get these all of the time, from Amazon and PayPal. I forward to the address others posted.

One of the first times this happened to me, I called. The rep I talked to said always check the sender's address. If it's gmail, you know it's spam. She also said to pay attention to the verbiage within the email. For example, "any query for the order" seemed suspicious to me.

Re: Talk About A Scam!

Kachina624 — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 20:56:58 GMT

@beach-mom I thought that was strange too, something a non-native English speaker might use.

Re: Talk About A Scam!

wagirl — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 22:52:16 GMT

I get many about being charged for anti virus software ---hundreds of $$ more than what I pay yearly. I always check my accounts--just in case...... but NEVER click on any links in those scam mails--they have always been garbage----then I change passwords just to be safe----

Re: Talk About A Scam!

cosmic1 — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 23:55:07 GMT

I just got 2 today from “Amazon” saying my account was going to be locked and then one that it was locked. Frankly, it might save me some money if it were locked. Lol.

Re: Talk About A Scam!

friendscafe — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 00:29:13 GMT

I have received one from Apple. I called them and told them I don't have one apple product in my home. Please take me off the list. On the third call I said look I know your scamming me and probably other people, stop sending me emails and they even called me once. She called me a BITCH. Hmm found that very interesting. My validation that this is not APPLE calling me or emailing me.