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Possible PayPal scam

jean2579 — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 03:25:39 GMT

Has anyone else been offered a one off payment of $10 to start using their PayPal account again?
Is this a scam?

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*pepe — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 03:28:20 GMT

i received that email too, i just deleted it as I had used my paypal account 3 times in the past few days.

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purple_haize — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 03:31:25 GMT

I received it and deleted it....

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donnashuggy — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 03:35:55 GMT

Paypal regularly offer vouchers, I have read about one for $10.00 in the last few days that were legit

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lyne-flyn — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 03:42:15 GMT

It is legit...I got one and sent it to spoof@paypal and they replied that it was real. I had already deleted it because I had used PayPal that morning.

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jean2579 — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 03:50:29 GMT

Thanks for your replies. My OH got one today and replied. We have just had an almighty row about it. If it was legit I am going to have some serious grovelling to do, especially as I told him to get his own lunch. 😁

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lind9650 — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 04:04:44 GMT

I have not used my Paypal account since November last year, but have not received such offer from Paypal ever.

Erica

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gleee58 — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 11:07:08 GMT

@jean2579 wrote:
Thanks for your replies. My OH got one today and replied. We have just had an almighty row about it. If it was legit I am going to have some serious grovelling to do, especially as I told him to get his own lunch. 😁

Yes, they do from time to time. From memory I think they always address the correspondence to you by name.

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ambercat16 — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 12:43:18 GMT

It is legit - but it is not working

I tried to use it and got a message about it not being linked to the correct email address. Anyway a little while ago I received another message from PayPal apologising for the 'technical error" and telling me .....

We sent you an email yesterday with $10 to spend on eBay. You may have noticed that we experienced a technical issue with the voucher code that was sent to you. Don’t worry, you are still eligible for the voucher, it will be available to use from 30 March 2015

So I will try to use it again next week. If you deleted your original message, the code was C_YOURGIFT02 (the code is usually the same for everyone)

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***super_nova*** — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 22:05:21 GMT

I just used it but they do have technical problems; my message was telling me that my email address is wrong.

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jean2579 — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 04:23:28 GMT

Thanks all. OH has received the PayPal notice. Now the new question, how much do I have to grovel? I really blew this one.

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lyndal1838 — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 04:38:35 GMT

Oh poor Jean.

Maybe crawl backwards in front of the OH, scattering rose petals for him to walk on. Would that be enough grovelling do you think?

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serendipityricho — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 04:43:09 GMT

Hi Jean--try and use it----got one last year--didnt work.

No such thing as a free lunch.................................Richo.

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***super_nova*** — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 05:03:04 GMT

try again.

@serendipityricho wrote:
Hi Jean--try and use it----got one last year--didnt work.
No such thing as a free lunch.................................Richo.

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serendipityricho — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 05:16:31 GMT

Super nova-was last year---deleted in the emails now.

Was too complicated for an old bloke-havent been offered a new one.

To be honest -i havent found anything worth buying or bidding

on in the past couple of months...........................................................Richo.