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- Sterling, IL, USA • Oct 20, 2024
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I called PayPal. An order I placed online showed that PayPal (my method of payment for the order) had a random email, not my email address. I called them to correct it. After, they said they needed to transfer me to their fraud dept that my account had been compromised. the person (Daniel?) I was transferred to said he needed information to trace people that were trying to make large purchases from my accounts. Thinking he was going to help me, I gave him my bank information. He had me pay Charity Wheat $500, saying that it wouldn't actually charge me, it was just needed to look into my account. He had me download an app so that he could see the screen on my phone that I was seeing. He had me go thru a bunch of different placed on my phone. He had me go into my bank account to see that the payment of $500 didn't actually go thru. I had just followed his directions of checking different areas. He then said I needed to immediately go to my bank and withdraw $13000 in cash and not tell them what it was for because they would freeze my acct and the scammers would see this and attack my accounts thru the dark web and steal my identity. After going to my bank, I explained to them what was going on and they said to stop speaking to him and close my accounts. So now I am out $500 and having to establish new accounts. I'm just lucky I didn't lose more. The phone number I called for PayPal customer service was (888)221-1161. The number she transferred my call to was (859)489-7184 who was supposed to be from PayPal-some type of fraud prevention dept.

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- Englewood, NJ, USA • Jul 25, 2024
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I received a false invoice, ostensibly from PayPal, for a Bitcoin purchase in the amount of $428.94. I called the phone number on the invoice to request its cancellation. The person on the other end, who has a pronounced (Asian) Indian accent, identified himself as Justin Soley. He tried to convince me my bank account had been hacked and I needed to transfer funds in person by wire at my local branch to another account. I hung up on him, and did not give him my bank account number, Social Security number, or any other private data that's not readily available to the public.

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- Englishtown, NJ, USA • Jun 27, 2024
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Told me he needed my SS number and bank account numbers to process the reversal of money owed from me to PayPal.

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- Middletown, NJ, USA • Jun 18, 2024
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Please see below copy of the email and attachment to that email.

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Order Confirmation ****************** 2 messages

Alice Deaux <[email protected]> Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 9:00 AM To:

Hello,

We are delighted to notify you that your recent order was successfully verified. You can trace your

package using the tracking number that was supplied.

If you have any questions, please contact us. Sincerely,

Alice Deaux

QJQATJKMZPUSSPIMCXB3EEBVA.pdf

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with below attachment

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Dear, [email protected]

We appreciate you finishing up your initial PayPal payment. We are pleased to inform you that your order was successfully validated. As soon as the transaction was complete, PayPal debited your checking account.

Order Description

Transaction ID BTC USO

*************** 0.099 $690.90

Taxes $10.00

Total amount $700.90

NOTE:

• It may take several hours for the account you have to reflect the payment.

• Your buying invoice was promptly created.

About this subject, do you have any further questions? Please contact your customer service department, which is available around-the-clock, to make changes to your order.

Call us at: +1-828-414-1758

_________________

I called that #1-828-414-1758 (Blowing Rock, NC) and hung up, as no one answered. Twenty-eight (28) minutes later, I rec'd a returned call from 806-416-3956 (Lubbock, TX) from a man with a foreign accent of Indian-like descent. He asked for the email information and said I had purchased bit coin and that he'd received many complaints of same purchases that were not authorized and that he would help me cancel the order. Then asked me to go onto the computer and enter: "www.anydesk.com/search". He gave add'l instructions, at which point I said - I think you're fraudulent and I'm reporting you to BBB. Then he got off the phone.</[email protected]>

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I received an email asking me to pay $649 as outstanding invoice for thing or service I never ordered.

Ignacio Vega

001 8778081564

You don't have any payments with this seller in the last year.

Invoice details

Amount requested

$649.09 USD

Note from seller

+1 (877) 808-1564

Invoice number

****

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I received a email from PayPal informing me about a purchase of $820. There was a number to call however I was not comfortable with whom I was speaking I hung up. I then called my bank Chime. In going through the prompts to speak with someone a voice came on and proceeded to tell me he worked for Chime and would assist me. He then directed me to download an app called desk. Which gave him access to my account.

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- West Berlin, NJ, USA
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Pretended to be PayPal verifying a purchase. Wanted me to buy 4 $500.00 walmart giftcards.

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- Frisco, TX, USA
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I received an email stating my PayPal account was charged $349.99 for a microscope I did not order. When I called the number, there was a lot of background noise and someone with a thick accent on the other line. I told them I did not order a microscope from them and wanted to know how they got my paypal information. They quickly told me they would remove all charges as soon as I verified my ID and NOT to login to Paypal directly but to download an app on my phone which allowed them to share my screen on my phone. They then told me to login to PayPal and showed me where there had been bitcoin charges that I did not authorize as well as several other charges from 70$ to $3000+ loan. They then asked me to login to my ***** credit card and **** **** account on my phone and got mad when I looked it up on my personal computer to verify if I had been charged like they said I had been. They were quite pushy and then transferred me to a "manger" who was also pushy, telling me "I told you not to login that way." When I did not see any charges to my ***** credit card or my bank account, I quickly hung up and deleted the screen share app (I can't remember the name but it ended in "..desk"). I have attached the email for your records.

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- Vineland, NJ, USA
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From: [email protected]

Date: May 8, 2023 at 11:39:10 AM EDT

To: *********************

Subject: Invoice from Thanks for your Payment to Guns. com Call +??-??????-??????-???????? for unauthorized transactions. (0004)

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- Toms River, NJ, USA
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Have received multiple emails stating a $600 purchase of a Bitcoin via paypal account. I do not have a paypal account nor have ever purchased bitcoin. Have attempted to contact the organization but was given no legit response or answer. Have attached the notice received via the email Please advise what if any steps I must take. Thanks........................****** *************************************************************

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- Rutherford, NJ, USA
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I received an email today (3/3/2023) from a gmail email address (Will Jacks <[email protected]>) stating that I placed an order that I didn't place. I checked my PayPal and credit card, and I didn't see any charges but thought maybe the charge hadn't appeared yet. I felt like this was a scam, but I called the number at the bottom of the email anyway just in case +1-(844)-691-4595. It was answered by a gentleman with an accent with a lot of background noise - I assumed it was Indian customer service, but usually do not hear so much background noise at a legit company. Also, Americans typically do not include the "+" in front of a phone number. Later, he claimed he was in California even though his direct line provided (612) 540-3442 is for Minneapolis. He proceeded to tell me he was not the representative of the company I supposedly ordered from, but a rep at PayPal itself. He said that he had access to my account and knew my home address without me telling him, and said that he could see previous charges to my account that were mailed to Texas, Arizona, and Mexico (I think these were the locations) that were made last week, yet I saw none of these charges on my PayPal or ******** account. When I told him I was searching my account to see if I got those charges, he got very impatient and started talking over me, which clued me in he wasn't customer service. It was like he was rushing me so I wouldn't check my account. He then told me that someone has my email address and PayPal account, and was able to open some kind of $10,000 loan account tied to my PayPal account, but I couldn't see it. He said he would put a temporary stop on my account, until they could verify who I was through an authentication method, either online or in person. The online version involved him trying to tell me to download an app which sounded like an anywhere connect app, which sounded like he was going to try to get into my phone. That made no sense so I refused and he said I could go to the Walgreens in my town (he had the exact address of the Walgreens) and from there they could do the verification, but it was some sort of unmanned station which also didn't make sense or sound legit. I kept telling him it sounded fraudulent so he kept arguing with me telling me I was being unreasonable, then eventually hung up on me.

He asked for my cell phone number and confirmation of my email address so he now has the following PII for me:

Home Address

Email address

Cell phone number

I've since changed my PayPal password, as well as the passwords on my email accounts and will change all of my passwords on all apps associated with my email address.

He said his name was Andrew Richards, although he sounded like he was not American. The phone number he gave me for his direct line was 612-540-3442. I called it back and he answered the second time but I know that google voice numbers can be generated and that may not be a real number. The first time the number went nowhere. He was very slow to give that number to me as if he was making it up as he was telling me. Same with when he gave me my "case number" which is ***********. He also said that the temporary hold on my account would be lifted once he and I hung up until I do the authentication. Which also makes no sense - if there was a real hold on my account it should remain until I authenticate. Which makes me believe he was making all of this up. Perhaps this is legit, I'm willing to be wrong if you look into this and find out he really is a PayPal employee trying to protect me from some kind of $10,000 loan account attached to my PayPal account that I can't see. But it all sounds fishy to me. I forwarded the original email I got from "Will Jacks" to PayPal's phishing email address.</[email protected]>

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Bogus Invoice from Paypal.

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- Trenton, NJ, USA
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They made like it was PayPal. They tried to get remote access to my computer..saying they were going to stop this access to my account..

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I received a email saying someone was trying to order something through my PayPal account so I called the number from the email they asked for some information to look into it next thing I know 700 hundred went then 1200 then 50 then another hundred I couldn't believe my eyes I thought I was being pranked they called me several times saying they're trying to put the money back I was lost and confuse because I've been using PayPal for years next they tried to get into other people's accounts through my cashapp that's when I locked it and hung up cashapp said I gave them my information to hack my account like who would do such a thing I have a small business and my costumers always paid through cashapp I was very disappointed when they just shut me down didn't even try to help me PayPal said I had to file a complaint with cashapp first cashapp was very rude I've had thousands at a time on my cash card and just like that it was gone

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The scammer sent an email to me notifying me that my paypal card was charged for some $400 dollars. They then proceeded to apologize and inform me that they would refund or credit me the funds or monies to my bank account. The scammer accessed my home computer system from a remote location and navigated though it through an external system. The scammer then prompted me on a screen to deposit monies into my bank account that where considered the refund . After an error occurred the the scammer deposited $4000 dollars instead of 400 dollars. They then processed or requested the overage to be returned via Zelle .They began to send me notifications via text and continued to process Zelle payments for the overage . After reviewing my account online it did appear that the person did deposit funds into my account . After the Zelle Payments however they removed all the monies which were processed via Zelle and the monies deposited as the initial refund which they said they charged on my Pay pal credit card. The financial institutions fraud department was notified immediately , and the incident was reported to Police for investigation .

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These thieves told me my PayPal account would be charged within hours for Bitcoin (I would NEVER buy any of that) and if I needed to talk to them the 888 number I listed. I know from a scam the other day, that then they will try to extract personal information from me. They're despicable and some innocent people will be hurt if they follow along. Any normal person would call to make sure their PayPal is not charged for items they never purchased. I just want to help.

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I continuously receive emails for purchases through a paypal account which I do not have and also stating charges to a credit card linked to account. I called the number and the gentleman is telling me I do have an account after I continuously tell him I do not and he states well your card was charged for $900 and I informed him, if he has any of my card numbers and a charge goes to any of my accounts he will be charged with fraud. I do not and never had a PayPal account cause I do not need one. I am at this time stating no I didn't lose money as I can not see if a transaction went through on any of my cards. Not sure at this point if there was attempt to take money.

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I received an odd looking invoice for 399.00

I called the customer care number and was informed that a card had been opened with my credentials. I didn't see these orders on my Paypal or Amazon accounts as they were stating but I wanted him to keep talking (as I changed all my passwords). He wanted me to go to my local Amazon counter and purchase something...I hung up as he was trying to explain this ridiculousness this wasted like 15 minutes of my life.

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- Old Bridge, NJ, USA
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I was told that to credit me for a PayPal purchase and due to PayPal servers being down I needed to send they 3-4 Zelle transactions to verify my Zelle account then they would send me my transactions back and apply the credit for the item. I ended up sending them $2000.00 and $100.00 from Applepay.

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- Passaic, NJ, USA
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I received an e-mail from "PayPal" saying that a suspicious activity was occurring in my account. Effectively, someone from China had hacked my account by adding his e-mail into my account. He also requested $999.99. The problem started when I decided to contact PayPal C.S. and try to solve the problem. I don't know how, the call was sent to this # 1888 909 0506 and from there, they started "helping me" with this. The lady from PayPal asked me to send the money by using the CashApp to initiate the process of reimbursement. The money was taken from my banking account to a name called TUAN NGUYEN for the above amount. I don't know how, they confused me and another guy called Frank was helping me. This guy, asked to get GIFT CARDS for the same value trying to cover the transaction and initiate the reimbursement... Unfortunately, the transaction didn't go thru the first time and he asked me to get more cards to fix the problem. This situation happened 7 times. Also, I received text msgs saying that the reimbursement process was initiated, but it never happened. Now, I got the sum of $7,000.00 taken out from my credit cards and $1,000.00 from my banking account. I've trying to contact this Frank again, and his number is always "Busy" when I call. I'm desperate because is a large amount they took from me. Hope they can find him and take him away from honest people that don't have the chance to think clearly when a situation like this happens to us.

This guy identified himself as a PayPal customer service and he was able to help me trying to remove the chinese guy from my profile and offered me a quick solution.... I was blinded and trusted him, now I got this debt that I have to pay to my credit card.

Also, I received 5 e-mails from "PayPal" saying they confirmed the change of my password, the new e-mail added into the PayPal account and so on, but according to PayPal, they never sent these emails on that date... Everything was a mess since there.

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