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[Isobel Archer]

So lately, I'm getting paypal "invoices" almost every day telling me that they are "confirming orders" - usually for hundreds of dollars.

What's funny is that at the bottom of the email, it says paypal will always use your name so you can tell the email is authentic.  Yet the email does NOT use my name and is addressed to "Dear Customer."

What a joke.

[Love my grandkids]

@Isobel Archer These crooks will try anything and sadly some people actually fall for it and don't do their due diligence to decide if this c r a p is phishing or real.

I'm 74 and they have been trying to "get" me for years but I'm a lot smarter than they are!

[Isobel Archer]

@Love my grandkids Exactly - anytime I receive any notice that I've "ordered something" or that I have some bill due, I just go to the actual account and check that.  Never click on anything in an email or text.

[Mindy D]

@Isobel Archer @I got one today and three in one day last week. I forward them to the PayPal stop pfishing site and then I delete them. 

[millieshops]

Paypal and Amazon are 2 of the scammers favorite "shopping places." I already know by the time the fake email arrivers that it's a scam.  Both those companies use names, account numbers, and credit card numbers in their responses to legitimate orders.

[chrystaltree]

Definitely a scam.  That's not how PayPal works.  If you bought something using PayPal....you would know it.  

[Flika13]

I received a scam email from Best Buy. Instead of addressing me by name it said "Hey Client". I always check the email address of the sender. That tells you a lot!

[depglass]

I have nightmares about these authentic looking emails.  What if I receive one that actually is telling me to do something like change passwords and I ignore it?  Recently received one from both Google and Ebay.

[geezerette]

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@depglass wrote:

I have nightmares about these authentic looking emails.  What if I receive one that actually is telling me to do something like change passwords and I ignore it?  Recently received one from both Google and Ebay.

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@depglass 

You can change your password any time you want--just don't click on anything in the email to do it.

Go to the website (Google/Ebay) and change it like you normally do.

[Jrzgirl]

I receive at least 2 emails a day telling me someone has tried to access my facebook account.  I don't have one!