Just received a fraudulent Paypal money request

Fabian Tan · 02-10-2009, 08:24 PM

I just got a strange Paypal money request in my account (no phishing) of $180.00 for something I did not buy.

Here is the message:

Here is an invoice, I hope you get it and it works OK.

Six 12 inch aluminum letters (L, A, N, C, H and E) $120.00
Shipping 60.00

Please let me know if there is a problem.

WY

I canceled it immediately. Now, I can't see anything that stops this guy from repeatedly sending me requests for money. I will contact Paypal about this the next time he does it.

Anyone get this before?

Fabian

DotComBum · 02-10-2009, 08:30 PM

Just tell the sender that he got the wrong person, I never receive such an email.

Fabian Tan · 02-10-2009, 08:36 PM

Well, some people are acting strange recently.

Some one mass email-ed all the marketers in the Internet marketing niche for example the other day.

The economy makes some people do strange things.

I'll see what Paypal has to say about this.

Fabian

artwebster · 02-11-2009, 04:30 AM

I received exactly the same invoice about five months ago.

I have no idea who sent it because the invoice came on a noreply@ address, nor did the @xxxxxxxxx.com lead me to a company with a website of that ilk. There was no invoice attached to the email, either.

I reported the email as a phishing scam and have heard nothing since.

dsmpublishing · 02-11-2009, 04:56 AM

ive had the same experience but not for about 6mths again when i reported it to paypal they told me it was a fake and to ignore it.

i never heard from them again though

ericchoo18 · 02-11-2009, 06:43 AM

Thank you for sharing this, I receive such email about a month ago and had report to paypal. As long as my paypal account is not being debit wrongly,i still think that paypal is safe.

Jassim · 02-11-2009, 06:49 AM

I think no need to worry about this kind of peoples. Just ignore those kind of messages. I believe Paypal system is very much secured, so no one can just loot our hard earned money.

02-10-2009, 08:24 PM	#1
Fabian Tan FabianTan.com War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,463 Thanks: 217 Thanked 384 Times in 119 Posts Social Networking	Just received a fraudulent Paypal money request I just got a strange Paypal money request in my account (no phishing) of $180.00 for something I did not buy. Here is the message: Here is an invoice, I hope you get it and it works OK. Six 12 inch aluminum letters (L, A, N, C, H and E) $120.00 Shipping 60.00 Please let me know if there is a problem. WY I canceled it immediately. Now, I can't see anything that stops this guy from repeatedly sending me requests for money. I will contact Paypal about this the next time he does it. Anyone get this before? Fabian
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02-10-2009, 08:30 PM	#2
DotComBum Advanced Warrior Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Singapore Posts: 567 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 3 Thanked 34 Times in 33 Posts Social Networking	Re: Just received a fraudulent Paypal money request Just tell the sender that he got the wrong person, I never receive such an email.
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02-10-2009, 08:36 PM	#3
Fabian Tan FabianTan.com War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,463 Thanks: 217 Thanked 384 Times in 119 Posts Social Networking	Re: Just received a fraudulent Paypal money request Well, some people are acting strange recently. Some one mass email-ed all the marketers in the Internet marketing niche for example the other day. The economy makes some people do strange things. I'll see what Paypal has to say about this. Fabian
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02-11-2009, 04:30 AM	#4
artwebster Brutal honesty's me Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Coín, Spain Posts: 1,032 Blog Entries: 4 Thanks: 33 Thanked 251 Times in 138 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Just received a fraudulent Paypal money request I received exactly the same invoice about five months ago. I have no idea who sent it because the invoice came on a noreply@ address, nor did the @xxxxxxxxx.com lead me to a company with a website of that ilk. There was no invoice attached to the email, either. I reported the email as a phishing scam and have heard nothing since.
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02-11-2009, 04:56 AM	#5
dsmpublishing Banned War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Portugal Posts: 1,738 Blog Entries: 209 Thanks: 104 Thanked 228 Times in 161 Posts Social Networking	Re: Just received a fraudulent Paypal money request ive had the same experience but not for about 6mths again when i reported it to paypal they told me it was a fake and to ignore it. i never heard from them again though

02-11-2009, 06:43 AM	#6
ericchoo18 Active Warrior Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 79 Thanks: 5 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Just received a fraudulent Paypal money request Thank you for sharing this, I receive such email about a month ago and had report to paypal. As long as my paypal account is not being debit wrongly,i still think that paypal is safe.

02-11-2009, 06:49 AM	#7
Jassim HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 160 Thanks: 1 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Just received a fraudulent Paypal money request I think no need to worry about this kind of peoples. Just ignore those kind of messages. I believe Paypal system is very much secured, so no one can just loot our hard earned money.