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Does this PayPal invoice look real to you? Need some help, please.

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Hi. I have a PayPal account that I have never used or might have used at least fifteen years ago. I received two invoices that are probably not from PayPal because there's a capitalization error, PayPal in not an LLC and I am not addressed by my full name within the body of the invoices and no seller is named. I have forwarded copies to PayPal's spoofing email. I read that anyone can have PayPal send invoice bills and that I might need to go to my PayPal and deny payment to the invoices if they are there. I have no idea where my login is for them, so it will be a hassle to check. I don't even know how to use the website. I am thinking that if the invoices were sent from PayPal, then they would

not have so many errors. Should I go through all the hassle of trying to see if any invoices are there in my account? Is this what a real invoice looks like from PayPal? If you have one, could you please compare with this and take a look and let me know. Thanks.

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Re: Does this PayPal invoice look real to you? Need some help, please.

Probably fake.  If you're that concerned, call the 800 number on the credit card linked to the Pay Pal account.  Don't do a thing with that invoice.  Looks like phishing.

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Re: Does this PayPal invoice look real to you? Need some help, please.

@Mindy D .. I would definitely check your PayPal Account.  Perhaps you should also contact PayPal regarding the email.   In the meantime, don't click on anything in the email.   

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Re: Does this PayPal invoice look real to you? Need some help, please.

I have been with paypal since 2005 and have never seen PayPal LLC.  I called them once due to a supspicous email and they had not sent it to me.  The name in the email had one upper case P and one lower case p.  It was not them.

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It's fake.  I've received the same one several times over the past few weeks!

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@Dar321 wrote:

Probably fake.  If you're that concerned, call the 800 number on the credit card linked to the Pay Pal account.  Don't do a thing with that invoice.  Looks like phishing.


@Dar321 @I don't even remember which card is linked to the account. It's been so many years. 

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@Boehm Collector wrote:

@Mindy D .. I would definitely check your PayPal Account.  Perhaps you should also contact PayPal regarding the email.   In the meantime, don't click on anything in the email.   


@Boehm Collector @I did forward the emails to PayPal's stop spoofing email.

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@shoptilyadropagain wrote:

It's fake.  I've received the same one several times over the past few weeks!


@shoptilyadropagain @Did you have to go to PayPal to check for invoices or did you just ignore them? Did they all say they were from PayPal LLC?

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