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Greg
@greg@icosahedron.website  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Oh here's a new #paypal #scam I just got. Comes from a real Paypal email address, with the checkmark and everything! It works by someone creating a developer account on Paypal, naming themselves "A payment of ... is approved, please contact ... if errors", then the account invites other email addresses to become developers. And their "name" gets prominently put into the email subject and body.

Not very clean but it gave me pause for a moment while I figured out "how the hell did they send this from an official paypal.com address???"

Email with main body text:
You have an invite from A payment of $499.89 USD has been approved. If you did not authorize this charge, please contact PayPal at ... ... - .... to cancel and request a refund. PayPal
Email with main body text: You have an invite from A payment of $499.89 USD has been approved. If you did not authorize this charge, please contact PayPal at ... ... - .... to cancel and request a refund. PayPal
Email with main body text: You have an invite from A payment of $499.89 USD has been approved. If you did not authorize this charge, please contact PayPal at ... ... - .... to cancel and request a refund. PayPal
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