PayPal called me

Never happened to me. What WF services are they talking about?

Beware, smells fishy }===*>

Where did they get your phone number? Did they have your login credential (minus password) for Paypal. That just sounds…..not quite right somehow

That definitely wasn't paypal calling you...

You should probably change your paypal password AFTER running malware software.

You're not paranoid if someone is actually after you.

First I ever heard of it! To be honest I instantly though up suspicion.

HEY! It just happened to me a few hours ago! I think they are taking a survey. Someone might have complained and they called us because we have war room memberships and they see we have paid them.

I'd say that Paypal is very much aware of this forum. I'd guess that they have a large number of complaints, refunds and other nonsense originating here. It doesn't surprise me at all that they would call certain people for a chat.

I've never heard of anyone getting a call from PayPal like that about a particular service. Usually I just hear that they shut things down without warning.

I think normally they'd shut it down if it was some small-time website doing even a few thousand a week.

But let's all be serious, we all know the WF Paypal account is going to be doing some serious money and I suspect for that reason, Paypal (for once) are first investigating complaints before acting upon those complaints.

I suspect they are seeing who has spent money here recently (did you spend money here recently, pay to start a WSO/upgrade to the war room or whatever), and then contacting you.

Did they ask for your name/login details first? Did they ask for any form of identification like the last 4 digits of your card on the account? Did they ask for your password?

If you answer yes to anoy of those then MAYBE, just MAYBE, there might be something fishy. But from what I can see, I think it sounds legitimate.

The easy way to answer it is to try giving Paypal a call or posting in their support forums. The latter is probably your better option. Just ask the general question: Will Paypal ring to ask about the service of another website.

Good luck and keep us all posted!

I'm fairly certain that wasn't paypal that called you. Not sure who it would be or what they are up to but I don't think it was paypal. I'm in close contact with my paypal manager.

Does paypal have an association with this forum?

webitemsllc it's the payment mode of this forum, to go beyond free membership

Paypal doesnt just call people to ask about their purchases then. If they have no association with the forum, I would advise it was spam.

I've asked two people over at PP about this and they've never heard of this before, especially with this forum.

Remember, there are some sophisticated phising scams out there where people are claiming to be calling from Facebook, Google, IBM, AT&T, etc. and sometimes they start off with with a first, seemingly innocuous phone call.

Did the person who called you identify themselves? Did they provide a call back number that you could call and match up with Paypal's official website?

I'm in the camp that is doubtful that this really is Paypal.

RoD

It sounds suspicious to me. Paypal wouldn’t bother someone by phone, without being able to prove that this phone call was really coming from Paypal, and without a previous email message asking this person if they would accept a phone conversation…

I hate when people want to call me instead of sending me an email message that I can open whenever I want.

I’m sure that Paypal knows that many people are like me, and they don't like to be bothered by phone.

Be sure to NEVER ever give your real information away on the telephone. Im sure paypal would never call to ask about a random forum

It also sounds fishy for me. PayPal usually Never called and take survey about a site. If PayPal takes survey it will or have come to email only.

Paypal used to get the whole universe calling them and still rejecting their unfreeze requests not the other way around
Beware that might be a trick, you might get an email lately asking to fill in your credentials in any tricky way
Just beware

I don't think it was PayPal. Be alert to give any information on phone calls.

I'm pretty sure Alan would be the first to know if such things were to happen.

Why not contact them to confirm if
the call was from them, if not you might
want to change your PayPal password
and be very careful with your PayPal
email, smells fishy.

I got one call from them, but they was talking about some payment received, they just want to make sure they have my correct contact details. But they never talked about payment I received..

This reeks of social engineering like nobody's business. I'd probably go the paranoid route and start by changing all my passwords, cause sounds like somebody screwed up and some undesireable people (aside from paypal heh), got a database somewhere, with your info on it jacked. This is the internet after all so it happens all the time (just ask Target about it), that's why is good not to have the same passwords for everything, and not having a pet's name (you know you probably took pictures with it all over facebook), as your pass.

Cheers & good luck.

Did they ask how much you like PayPal?

If they asked for any information to verify your identity it is most probably a scam.

For legal reasons I seriously doubt PayPal would be contacting its customers users and asking questions about the customer. Then again, it is eBay / PayPal and nothing would surprise me.

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The only (legitimate) call I ever receive from Paypal is when
they are suspicious about the use of my Paypal debit card
in such cases where I'm traveling and they see multiple
uses at different locations. Outside of this, never.

-Ray Edwards

I've been with Paypal since 2000. They've called me twice in that time period, though never with questions about this forum or any other forum. They didn't ask for any info. They knew exactly who I was.

The first time they were calling about unusual activity in my account. I went from no sales to a boat load of sales in the course of a week. I told them what I was doing and they were cool with it. The second time they called it was to tell me I was getting some sort of preferred member status. This meant they were no longer requiring a 'hold' on funds.

So to say they don't occasionally call members isn't accurate. I have no idea if they actually called the OP or why they called if in fact they did.

Oh no, PayPal is in cahoots with the NSA.

lol paypal would never call up for something like that

I'd agree with the others that this call wasn't PayPal rather someone you recently ordered from.

Paypal does not have any concern if you are on WarriorForum . I think it must be some scammer

https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/...me/td-p/618743

To be on the safe side, it is better to conclude that the call is a scam and protect your account as such. Paypal has nothing to loose against any protective measure that you take; rather I think it is better for them.