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- Raleigh, NC, USA
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The email said I had purchased $500 in bitcoin. When I called the number on the email to protest, they told me I had taken out a $5000 loan with Paypal and this, as well as 2 other purchases, were made against that loan. To fix the error I was told to go to Target and buy 3 $150 Google Play cards so they could "verify my identity" as the person who owned this particular Paypal account. By this time I was sensing something wasn't right. So, I put in a call to the Paypal phone number on their website and was told that it was a scam.

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- Hayward, CA, USA
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Attempts to get me to open my PayPal by claiming it had been suspended.

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Scammer claimed there was a $399 charge to my pay pal card (which I do not have one) that was successfully charged. If that is incorrect for me to call 833 4730147 right away.

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I googled PayPal customer service phone number yesterday 855 935 4874. A representative claiming to be with PayPal told me he would get my money back from police auctions as they are not selling real jewelry. It is fake. The told me they were going to credit my bank account 300.oo but they had to use Google pay because someone had hacked into my account. Again they stated they were with PayPal and I spoke with a manager instead of putting 300.00 in my account they deducted and then claimed it was a mistake and my account would be credited which it was not. I trusted these people because I thought I could trust pay pal. I've had to change my debit card and checking account and now fear identity theft. I googled PayPal and this phone number came Up! They also called me back I believe trying to get more money with another story trying to get me to go to Walmart again saying they were with PayPal Nick Morgan 954 582 2421. I am out 300.00 and hopefully no more. A response and Investigation is appreciated

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I got an email that LOOKED exactly like it was from Paypal. It said that I had reached my account limit and that they needed to confirm my identity before they could remove the limits from my account. Then a red lettered warning popped up saying that this is a dangerous site that was trying to scam me. So I got out of it right away and came to the ScamPulse.com page to report it.

I think it was my viral protecting program, which is McAfee , that warned me.

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- Neenah, WI, USA
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I have received several emails from PayPal stating that I owe PayPal money for items that I did not purchase. These items cost hundreds of dollars, being shipped to people I do not know. I have never used PayPal, so I don't know how they got my information, including my email address..

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- Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Dear PayPal, as of yesterday I Connie would like to let you know that I received my bicycle seat yesterday that I ordered through you. With that said, I call your toll-free number to talk with your customer service to repay the $25.25.

And your customer service man name mark told me to go and buy a Google Play Card for $25.00 at Walgreen Store in order

to pay you back for the $ 25.25 order. He told us to stay on the phone while driving to Walgreens so we can get the right type of card. We proceeded and did what he asked while he was on the phone and we drove to Walgreen and purchased the one cards. But he then told us to give him the numbers on back of the google play cards that he requested us to buy. After that he told us the server ran out of time and that the card we just purchase could no longer be used because it needed two cards to work. But the only way he could give us our money back is to go and purchase one more card of the amount of $50 so he could override the server which we did. And then he said the server needed two cards and this is the only way to get our money back. So, we tried to pay back $25.25 and he took $75 from us by requesting to buy two google play cards $25 and $50. We have the two cards and proof of purchase. We would like this money to be refunded to us. This is the number who the representative said they was PayPal 1 850-204-4159 at 4:07 pm and at one point we lost connection and they call back at 1-805-420-2240 at 4:37pm

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- Kenosha, WI, USA
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requesting email address and access code to PayPal using a facsimile of PayPal site and request to update file.

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- Green Bay, WI, USA
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Someone spoofing PayPal (not legitimate) indicated payment of $699 was authorized to a An individual but didn’t come thru PayPal Account regular way - email asked you to call a number if this was in error. Didn’t call number as questioning authenticity.

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I use Paypal for some small purchases and feel comfortable using their. This e-mail was addressed to me and made it through Outlook's normal junk e-mail filter. It says that there has been suspicious activity on my account and that they have suspended use until that is resolved. The next page begins to ask for my basic information; name address telephone number, etc. That is when I got concerned and through my other browser, signed to my Paypal account. There is no problem with my account. This scam impressed me. The site sure looked real. . .

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- Winter, WI, USA
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I ordered several items on line the First week of November. Unfortunately I do not specically know which site I ordered from that contaned a paypal pop-up. I had already submitted my credit card inrormation on the site from a reputable business. After doing that a paypal popup came up and it stated I had to submit my information and credit card through them. I just thought that was how the business accepted payment and submitted it. A few days later I recieved an email from "pay-pal" informing me they were charging me $348.99 for a charge I made to Micro security. I had never heard of this company. I had not ordered anything that would be that much money. I immediately emailed that I had not authorized the charge. I also called a phone number contained in the email indicating the charge would go through in 10 days unless I notified them not to. When I called there was a person with a heavy middle-eastern accent that answered. I could barely hear what he was saying with the amount of other people talking in the background. I knew he and his company were a fraud and told him I was going to contact Law enforcement. He hung up when I said that.

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- Lamar, MS, USA
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Voicemail from PayPal about a cancellation subscription Macintyre software $228.00

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- Buffalo, NY, USA
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Today I received an email message, from PayPal, an invoice for items I did not purchase (two toy stuffed animal teddy bears). The Sender was PayPal®Invoice. The message indicated the funds were deducted from credit/debit card.

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- Topeka, KS, USA
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I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM PAYPAL TODAY THAT SAID I AUTHORIZED A $495.00 PAYMENT TO [email protected] AND IF I DIDN'T AUTHORIZE THIS AMOUNT, I WAS TO CALL PAYPAL AT 800-291-5881 TO LET THEM KNOW. INSTEAD, I WENT ONLINE AND DISCOVERED THAT ANOTHER PERSON HAD FALLEN FOR THIS SCAM AND CALLED THE NUMBER AND WAS OUT ALMOST $10,000.

SO, I'M CHANGING MY PASSWORD AND NOTIFYING THE PUBLIC TO BEWARE OF THIS SCAM. NEVER CALL OR CLICK ON SUSPICIOUS EMAILS.

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- Worcester, MA, USA
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Received an email from "paypal" support claiming that my account had been compromised. They were willing to fix the problem but for a cost. First they wanted gift cards but then requested a wire transfer.

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- Boise, ID, USA
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Using official looking PayPal email. Says to go to WalMart and request store to store transfer for to pay moving expenses for an item purchased on Craigslist. Money will only clear to your PayPal account AFTER you pay the shipping costs & fees. I have 3 VERY official looking emails that appear to be from PayPal. I already forwarded them to [email protected] for investigation. Careful when you sell things online. I said local pick up only but would consider shipping if buyer paid all associated charges. Hah! They really tried to get me on this one...

Please let me know if you would like me to forward these same emails to you...

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- Aubrey, TX, USA
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They will tell you to buy a apple iTunes card and give them the number

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Fake PayPal said I was being scammed and hacked after purchase of jeans a d I needed to get Google play cards.

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Email stating that I ordered something with Paypal with a link to cancel the order if I did not make this purchase.

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- York, PA, USA
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This seller is pretending to buy an item and pay through paypal, but uses the false email of [email protected] to pretend to be PayPal saying that your payment is on escrow until you send the product. If the email does not end in @paypal.com, it is NOT from paypal. This seller found my listing on the LetGo app, and took our conversation to text message. I have included both numbers. The first time they contacted me she said she was Sarah Jose and that she was sending the laptop to her grandson in Lagos, and that she would add the money for shipment to the payment. Obviously, I never received payment. Then after a lengthy argument and fight, she stopped responding.

Her 'husband' then contacted me to try and resolve the matter and get me to sell him another laptop. I played along to get more information. He wanted the laptop sent to Wilton Disla Lugo in Newark, NJ. I have all email trails and both lengthy text message trails, where he tried to convince me to send it without the payment coming through first because he was a "good godly man" and his wife "was sick with stage 2 cancer".

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