A new sophisticated PayPal scam sends legitimate-looking emails from official PayPal addresses, using phone numbers instead ...

Russian hackers are suspected of being behind a professional-looking but fake PayPal email scam designed to steal a person's financial and personal details for identity theft. The email, which has ...

Order confirmation scam. In the majority of PayPal-related scams, scammers use phishing emails to impersonate PayPal. Here’s how this one works: Criminals will create a fake or “spoofed ...

Like fake fraud alerts or order confirmation emails, this scam relies on a spoofed email address or phone number that makes their message appear to be from PayPal.

Scammers Using Fake PayPal Scheme To Trick Consumers. February 6, ... Experts say, even if you get email of a payment.. make sure to check your account to confirm it came in.

A fake PayPal email scam is making the rounds and FOX8 On Your Side Consumer Reporter Melissa Painter offers advice on how to avoid the scammers. The email asks you to confirm your identity by ...

An ongoing PayPal email scam exploits the platform's address settings to send fake purchase notifications, tricking users into granting remote access to scammers For the past month ...

Officials warn over fake PayPal ordering scam by: Joe Gullo. Posted: Nov 30, 2017 / 03:23 PM EST. ... Scammers will send a purchase confirmation email that looks like it’s from PayPal.

There are two scams going around right now. One has to do with fake payments for items sold online. The other has to do with scammers targeting the elderly for information.

Scammers send fake PayPal transaction emails targeting online sellers of high-ticket items. With a spoofed email header, the bogus email appears as if sent by PayPal when it really wasn’t.

(Image credit: René Ranisch/Unsplash) In this new phishing campaign, the attackers first send out what looks like a PayPal order confirmation informing potential victims that they purchased over ...