PayPal- IMPOSTOR 2024 Reports & Reviews

PayPal- IMPOSTOR Reports & Reviews (90)

- Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Country United States
Victim Location PA 15224, USA
Total money lost $1,400
Type of a scam Phishing

Its a fake paypal phone number first of all then they tell u your account has been used by other people and to do a security check they need u to buy gift cards and they'll reimburse u the money back after the security check

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Type of a scam Phishing

I googled the pay pal customer service number and called it. The people are answering phone as pay pal . They told me to add an app on my phone giving them remote access to give me my refund. I hung up immediately. They seem to be free m another country. They are thieves!

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- New York, NY, USA

Scammer's phone 4143460453
Scammer's address WI, USA
Country United States
Victim Location NY 10033, USA
Type of a scam Online Purchase

After answering the man spoke low and there was feedback like if another person was listening. He stated that I paid $200 or $300 and that to begin a refund process to get the money back. He mentioned of another person getting a refund and it was simple. I told him I don’t know about a PayPal account and he said maybe I had an account open. He tried to explain to do the refund but I told him I’m uncomfortable with the call

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- Cardington, OH, USA

Scammer's phone 805-817-8872
Scammer's address 7710 Bright South Ln Los Angeles, Warner Robins, GA 31093, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location OH 43315, USA
Type of a scam Online Purchase

Received email titledPayPal - Support stating I sent a payment of $489.99 to InfoHub Computer Support. When I called to dispute charge, realized it was not PayPal because they were requesting I close current account and reopen another because hackers had accessed it. He said they could not do anything over the phone, that I had to have access to my computer. I was driving at the time so told them I would call back in about an hour. They called my cellphone 17 times before I got home. When I arrived home I called them back and I asked how any charges were approved to begin with since I have 2 step verification process, to which they replied, someone called in pretending to be you and gave info. They then informed me that there were two additional charges and one pending totaling over $1000. I kept requesting they just reverse the charges since it was not me, they kept insisting I close account and reopen one. As I was on phone with them I logged into my PayPal account and saw no such charges, and questioned them about that. To which they replied it takes several days to process. I asked how it could not yet be processed but yet they were willing to 'refund' the money. He then asked that I log on to anydesk.com. I refused saying I would not allow remote access to my computer. He started to become irate. I kept questioning who they were with, and he kept avoiding answering, just continuing demands. At which point, I informed him that I was calling the police and he hung up. The number that kept calling me was 805-953-7011

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Victim Location 06360
Type of a scam Phishing

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Your PWEQaWEQyWEQPWEQaWEQlWEQ account is temporarily limited

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We noticed that you've been using your PWEQaWEQyWEQPWEQaWEQlWEQ account in a questionable manner. To understand this better, we just need more information from you.

To ensure that your account remains secure, we need you to take action on your account. We've also temporarily limited certain features in your account

Currently, You won't be able to:

â€¢ Send Payments

â€¢ Withdraw Funds

What should you do?

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Once youâ€™ve completed the required tasks, You can safely continue using your PWEQaWEQyWEQPWEQaWEQlWEQ account.

Sincerely,

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We need to send you this email to let you know about specific changes to your PWEQaWEQyWEQPWEQaWEQlWEQ account. Please do not reply to this email

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Victim Location 94705
Type of a scam Phishing

Mohammed Rizwankhan is a scammer that will use emails like the below to try and steal your money. He has scammed my older uncle out of thousands of dollars in fake invoices and direct wire transfers to india.

Beware

91-9625536603

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FWD: PayPal Transaction

Inbox

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3:21 PM (1 hour ago)

to me

--------- Original Message ---------

Subject: PayPal Transaction

From: "PayPal Billing"

Date: 3/24/20 5:15 am

To: "

PayPal 24-March-2020

Transaction ID: WUX9Z26614F

Hello,

You sent a payment of $549.99 USD to Norton Antivirus Premium, Symantec LLC ([email protected])

It may take few moments for this transaction to appear in your account.

Merchant Norton LLC

Instructions to merchant You haven't entered any instructions

Delivery address Confirmed

Dispatch Details- The seller hasn't provided any dispatch details yet. If you did not approve this payment you can call on Toll free +1 424-2547-464

Description Unit Price

NAV-16 1 USD 549.99

Total USD 549.99

Amount due on customer $549.99

The Charge will appear on your credit card statement as "PAYPAL Symantec LLC

Payment sent to [email protected]

If you have any issues with this transaction?

You have 180 days from date of the transaction to open a dispute in the Resolution center Or Call now on our toll-free Number +1 424-2547-464

Thanks,

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Please do not reply to this email. The mailbox is not monitored, and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log into your PayPal account and click help in the top right corner of any PayPal page. You can receive plain text emails instead of HTML emails. To change your notification preferences log into your PayPal account at www.paypal.com

Copyright© 1999-2020 PayPal Inc. All rights reserved.

PayPal Services. Users are advised to read the terms and conditions carefully.

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A few things here.

1. Paypal will never send you a bill from another service (Norton for example). These companies have paid subscriptions that are either monthly or annually billed and they have internal departments that would handle this.

2. This is coming from a gmail account not a paypal.com account

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- Las Vegas, NV, USA

Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location NV 89107, USA
Type of a scam Phishing

Fw: [Activity Reminder] Information Account Limited #67668 [Mail Support] : Attachment - Please verify your account information in 24hour(s) Date: 03/24/2020 / reff_46850 [FWD]

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- New York, NY, USA

Country United States
Victim Location NY 10010, USA
Type of a scam Phishing

*** *** To:Paypal Billing

Mon, Mar 23 at 9:19 AM

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS BOGUS AND IS NOT MINE!!! KINDLY VOID THIS SHAM

On Monday, March 23, 2020, 12:32:26 AM EDT, Paypal Billing wrote:

PayPal

Date:03/21/2020

Payment ID:367209055E7567090M

Hi

You made a Transaction of 499.99 towards Secure Core Computers llc.

The usual time to show in the statement is 48 working hours.

For help Dial +1 (800) 851-5062

READ ME:

This Email may reach your spam box in case of ip dislocation of machine.

Reciever

Secure Core Computers llc. Note to Reciever

No Special request made to Product providing Company.

Description Unit price Qty Amount

Your order at Secure Core Computers llc. (856342) 449.99 1 449.99

Subtotal 449.99

Total 449.99

Payment 449.99

Charge will appear on your credit card statement as 'Secure Core Computers llc.'

Transaction sent to Secure Core Computers llc.

Issues with this Payment?

You have 10 days from the date of the transaction to open a dispute.

For help Dial +1 (800) 851-5062

PayPal

410 Terry Ave N

Seattle Washington 98145

United States

NOTE:This email might appear in your jusk or spam box if ip changes Frequently ] .

Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response.

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- Jean, NV, USA

Scammer's phone 213-879-8645
Country United States
Victim Location NV 89019, USA
Type of a scam Phishing

A recording stated that my PayPal Account was compromised

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- Reeds Spring, MO, USA

Scammer's phone 8005096655,8445427922
Scammer's address 2211 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95131, USA
Country United States
Victim Location MO 65737, USA
Type of a scam Phishing

I have received two emails saying that I have a $300 charge on my account to Micro computer solutions. I don't know of any such company or haven't made any charge using a paypal account.

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- Minocqua, WI, USA

Scammer's phone 1-347-955-8521
Scammer's address 221 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95131, USA
Country United States
Victim Location WI 54548, USA
Type of a scam Online Purchase

On face book it was listed as Malwarebytes free down load I did a down load and thought it was fine. Looking at my e-mails I discovered a company called Micro Tech Computer Security LLC associated with pay pal. They were going to charge me $245.97. I contacted the number provided and they did not answer the phone as paypal, sounded funny, asked me for purchase number, which I gave, then they wanted to access my computer, I refused. I then contacted pay pal who confirmed that I did not have an account with them as I told them that. Had contact with Malwarebytes who said they would do a scan to see if I was infected. Have not heard from them. Contacted my bank, does not show a charge, and contacted my credit card company, they confirmed no charge, I am receiveing these e-mails and I am concerned as Maywarebytes has not contacted me. I believe they are a scam and using pay pal as their back up assuming everyone has one, and or trying to access the computer on pretense that they will refund the charge, which I now know would give them access to everything that I have on it. Please check them out as I am very concerned. Thank you

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- Frisco, TX, USA

Scammer's phone 8554987688
Scammer's address 2211 N 1st St, San Jose, CA 95131, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location TX 75034, USA
Total money lost $300
Type of a scam Phishing

I had a negative balance in my PayPal so I called them seeking to resolve this quickly. Looking back I definitely called the wrong number. I’m so exhausted with the whole thing now. The person on the other end answered as a PayPal and asked for my name and email address. The guy told me I needed to load 100 on a google play card and they need the code on the back to secure the account because it looked like more than one IP address logged into my PayPal account. Said that someone from South Dakota and Nebraska accessed my account. He kept asking if I shared my password with anyone else. I kept saying no. I also told him I don’t have the money to put on a google play card and he said that the money would be refunded and the negative balance will also be resolved. He also told me that PayPal was recently compromised which is why I see the negative balance. When I bought it and gave the code on the back he then transferred me to someone named Jason Trautman who said he is one of the Senior representatives for PayPal at the corporate office. He gave me an employee ID 14905 and the corporate address for PayPal. He told me I would need to get two more cards and give the “security code” on the back saying it’ll secure my PayPal account and no one else will to be able to access it again. Once is provided the last two numbers, I was put on hold for more than 20 mins and then the line disconnected and I could get an answer again.

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- Edcouch, TX, USA

Scammer's phone 18772404508,18778512045,18779143023
Scammer's address Sunnyvale
Country United States
Victim Location TX 78538, USA
Total money lost $2,750
Type of a scam Tech Support

Initially, I wanted to transfer Paypal funds to my bank. I searched for the customer service number on Google and chose the top searched number. A man was attending my call for 4 minutes and then the call dropped. I tried the number again and asked if the same person could help, but the call dropped again after 44 seconds.

A few minutes later I realized that I had 5 missed calls from the same number.

When I returned the call a man by the name of Leeroy Johnson attended my request, but he said that my paypal account was on hold since it was not verified. To verify my account and transfer my $232.74 to the bank he said that I had to match that amount. So, he asked me to purchase $250 worth of Google Play Cards from either Dollar General, Walgreens, or Walmart. Since I was fresh to the whole Paypal process, I went ahead and followed every single instruction. When I would buy the cards, he would ask me to give him the scratch-code in the back. Then he would say that the servers were not accepting some of the cards, so he would generate a refund-text-message to my phone saying that my money was refunded to my paypal account, which I was locked out of because he had already switched my password. However, I didn't realize that he had done so until everything happened.

After I told him that I had no more money to purchase cards, he said that a $2750 refund was ready to be sent from my paypal account for all the cards I had purchased, but that I had to pay $550 for taxes since it would be an overseas transaction. And that I would get refunded the $550 the next day.

Next, I called my sister to see if she could loan me the $550 for taxes, but my sister made me realize that it was a huge scam. She called another Paypal rep, and they said that their verification process did not involve buying Google Play Cards. She even spoke to the scammer, but he would reply to every question calmly and professionally as if he was a Paypal rep. We finally hung up the phone, but then he called twice until my sister said to stop calling.

He was on the phone with me for 4 hours, making me drive around different stores to buy Google Play Cards. I bought a total of 16 cards. I already closed my bank account and filed a police report. I have all the evidence. I will be pressing charges.

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- Simpsonville, SC, USA

Scammer's phone 833-858-0555,877-994-5383
Country United States
Victim Location SC 29680, USA
Total money lost $75
Type of a scam Phishing

I was locked out of my PayPal account. I called a number from my google search that said PayPal official site. The FAKE PayPal representative told me that he needed a Google Play code in order to unlock my PayPal Account. He told me to go to the store and purchase a $75.00 Google Play card and give him the code on the back. when I did, he told me that the code did not work and purchase another card for $100. He had just took the money off the Google Play card that I just purchased for $75.00. I then realized I got scammed. When I called the FAKE PayPal number, he know my address, cell number, the accounts linked to my PayPal account. I thought he was legit.

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Scammer's phone 8779931579
Type of a scam Credit Cards

They asked to buy google play card and give code.

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Victim Location 44115
Total money lost $400
Type of a scam Phishing

I was waiting to receive a package. It was never received. I called Pay Pal. I got their number off the internet. I Googled their number 888-221-1161. They said there was confusion over who would receive the package. I needed to prove I was the receiver. They told me to get a Google Play card for $200 to authorize i was the receiver. I got the card. I called and gave the numbers off the back. They said it did not go thru. Told me to get another $100. two $100 cards. I called and gave the numbers. I lost $400. I reported this to Google. I also filed a police report. Google stated they would investigate.

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Victim Location 32503
Type of a scam Tech Support

I asked them questions about a PayPal feature, but they had no idea what I was talking about. It sounded like he was eating and there were people in the background. There was no automated system. They put me on hold several times and even pretended that the call was breaking up. The guy asked if they could call me back. He got my name and phone number from me before I realized that it was a scam.

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- West Jordan, UT, USA

Scammer's phone 3854993539
Scammer's address Los Angeles
Country United States
Victim Location UT 84088, USA
Total money lost $50
Type of a scam Business Email Compromise

I called from google looking for pay pal customer service and they told me people hacked into my account and needed google play cards to remove and block hackers and I continue to call back and they are making threats as I give them false numbers and letters spelling out bad words

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- Idaho Falls, ID, USA

Scammer's phone 855-667-1777
Scammer's address N/A, Boise, ID 83709, USA
Country United States
Victim Location ID 83402, USA
Total money lost $500
Type of a scam Phishing

I received an email from Paypal stating that my account has been hacked. They asked me to go out and get 5 $100 gift cards from Google Play and give them the numbers. I ended up giving them all of the numbers to the google play cards. They then requested me to get 2 $500 gift cards and they stated that they would be able to catch the rest of the hackers that were in my paypal account. They then stated that they were going to notify the ScamPulse.com and the Federal Trade Commission of the "hackers". They then said I would get all of the money back from the Google Play gift cards. The person's name that I was talking to goes by the name of Johnny.

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Victim Location 97030
Type of a scam Credit Repair/Debt Relief

I went to google and typed in PayPal. I saw the number listed above and called. Someone instantly answered, I heard multiple people talking in background. I expressed my concern of a payment not being applied to my paypal account. I was asked to verify my name, number, and address. I did so. I was then sent a text message in which I was told it was a security code and to tell them the code when I got it, which was 013405 and said PayPal, I did so. At this time the person was able to see my PayPal account. Told me of payments and purchases I had made and then informed me the payment that was not applied went to Nigeria. I was then told to go to Safeway and purchase a $100 google card and call back, give him the data and the amount would be applied to my account. That made no sense. I asked him what his name was, he said Daniel Johnson. Because he had such a strong accent, I did laugh and say really, then what department do you work in with PayPal. He hung up. I looked at my phone and had a notification that my PayPal password had been changed. I called the number on the notification. I found that who ever the person was accessed my paypal account and changed the password.

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