I haven’t done a scam email examination in a while, so here’s one that is pretty interesting. It’s an email scam which claims that you’ve bought cryptocurrency via PayPal. Here’s an image of the email that delivers the scam:
This scam email actually had decent English. Except for the words “sale receipt”. Then there’s the email ends with the words “United State” which is a total #fail. The other thing that jumps out at me is the phone number and how it is formatted. Though if you’re not looking for these sort of details, and others that I didn’t mention, I can see how someone might fall of this.
The other thing that I will point out is the email address that this scam email was sent from:
This email was clearly not sent from PayPal.
As for what this scam is all about, I can only guess as when I dialled the number, I couldn’t get through. But this has the smell of a refund scam which works like this:
- You get an email in your inbox saying that services that you know that you don’t have are being renewed or you made a purchase, and the money has been debited from your bank account.
- You then call the phone number provided in the email to dispute this.
- The scammer talks you into getting remote access to your computer where they have you fill out some sort of form to get a refund for this purchase that you never made.
- The scammer will then have you check your bank account using your bank’s online services to see if you got your refund. But the scammer will use some sleight of hand to make it look like that they massively overpaid you. And then the scammer will blame you for that.
- You will then be bullied into “refunding” the overpayment by buying cryptocurrency or gift cards to send to them electronically. Assuming that they just don’t steal your money straight from your bank account themselves, or have you go to your bank to transfer the money to them, or withdraw it in cash and have you send it to an accomplice via a courier.
Thus if you get one of these emails, you know what to do. Delete it and move on with your life.
Here’s A Crypto.com/PayPal Email Scam For You To Watch Out For
Posted in Commentary with tags Scam on July 16, 2023 by itnerdI haven’t done a scam email examination in a while, so here’s one that is pretty interesting. It’s an email scam which claims that you’ve bought cryptocurrency via PayPal. Here’s an image of the email that delivers the scam:
This scam email actually had decent English. Except for the words “sale receipt”. Then there’s the email ends with the words “United State” which is a total #fail. The other thing that jumps out at me is the phone number and how it is formatted. Though if you’re not looking for these sort of details, and others that I didn’t mention, I can see how someone might fall of this.
The other thing that I will point out is the email address that this scam email was sent from:
This email was clearly not sent from PayPal.
As for what this scam is all about, I can only guess as when I dialled the number, I couldn’t get through. But this has the smell of a refund scam which works like this:
Thus if you get one of these emails, you know what to do. Delete it and move on with your life.
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