Scam/Phishing Attempt?

[clarry100]

We received an email today with a HTML receipt attached.

The subject reads  "Receipt for your payment to ****"

The amount is for $179.

The message says we have paid $179

But we dont know who they are and there is certainly no transaction in our PayPal account for any amount like this.

Of course the email looks very genuine and there are links embedded. Please DO NOT CLICK them.

Just wondered if anyone else is getting these. Looks like a phishing attempt to us.

[tess180884]

I also got this email and have not made any payments to anyone by that name

[nevillesdaughter]

I get them all the time and forward them - without clicking on anything -  to phishing@paypal.com.au. They always respond confirming that it is phishing, and requesting that such attempts keep being forwarded so they can try to deal with it.

For this reason, I only deal with Paypal via the eBay site, not my email.

Cheers,

Marina.

[davewil1964]

A general rule of thumb is if you haven't bought from the nominated seller, then it IS a scam/phish. By definition.

I have reported your post as you have provided a clickable link to the scammer, therefore aiding and abetting the scam/phish

[jenlovesryan85]

So I thought paypal was suppossed to be a safe website. ???
I recieved the same thing today and must say I am utterly disgusted. Only by typing J.designs into google I stumbled on all these other people having similar issues.

So what are you suppossed to do?

I have followed one of the suggesstions and forwarded the email to paypal. When i tried to open it on my ipad it wouldn't let me and then trying it on my computer the whole email wouldn't even open. Find this all very strange.

[lyndal1838]

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@jenlovesryan85 wrote:

So I thought paypal was suppossed to be a safe website. ???
I recieved the same thing today and must say I am utterly disgusted. Only by typing J.designs into google I stumbled on all these other people having similar issues.

So what are you suppossed to do?

I have followed one of the suggesstions and forwarded the email to paypal. When i tried to open it on my ipad it wouldn't let me and then trying it on my computer the whole email wouldn't even open. Find this all very strange.

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Why are you blaming paypal for this email?

They did not send it and you are always advised not to click on any links in emails.

Surely the fact that you could not open it on your ipad or computer must tell you something.

[davewil1964]

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@lyndal1838 wrote:

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@jenlovesryan85 wrote:

So I thought paypal was suppossed to be a safe website. ???
I recieved the same thing today and must say I am utterly disgusted. Only by typing J.designs into google I stumbled on all these other people having similar issues.

So what are you suppossed to do?

I have followed one of the suggesstions and forwarded the email to paypal. When i tried to open it on my ipad it wouldn't let me and then trying it on my computer the whole email wouldn't even open. Find this all very strange.

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Why are you blaming paypal for this email?

They did not send it and you are always advised not to click on any links in emails.

Surely the fact that you could not open it on your ipad or computer must tell you something.

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The reason why the scammers keep on trying? They are after self-selecting scamees.

[bradlpops]

I accidently replied, clicking on the"cancel payment link" and filled in all the info.... what do i do??!! PLease help me

[nevillesdaughter]

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@bradlpops wrote:

I accidently replied, clicking on the"cancel payment link" and filled in all the info.... what do i do??!! PLease help me

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Contact Paypal and change passwords and maybe cancel/suspend  links to bank accounts/credit cards. I don't know what info they asked for but if it has anything to do with your personal bank details, I'd also be phoning the relevant institutions, including Paypal, (they all have 24hour numbers for exactly this type of event), and explaining what has happened. If you do it straight away, you'll be safe.

Good luck,

Marina.

[bradlpops]

i cant call them, paypal is closed, my account password has just been changed, and not buy me, i dont know what to do