Hacker Strikes Again
By Bojel
@jobelbojel (35577)
Philippines
December 21, 2020 10:38am CST
This time it is my PayPal account and the email was sent on my personal not work email.
As I don't easily give in to email messages, I made sure to validate.
"Your PayPal account has been temporarily restricted"
On the following sentence it reads, "Your PayPal account has been limited. We have found suspicious activity on your last transaction"
And so on...
Wait, what? The last transaction I had was the October MyLot payment. Nothing follows after that.
I logged on to my PayPal instead of hitting the link on my email, which I usually do for all suspicious emails. Yes, confirmed it is a spam email. My balance is still intact.
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9 responses
@kaylachan (69714)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Dec 20
Got to love scammers. They still try to scam people and think people are dumb enough to fall for it.
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@jobelbojel (35577)
• Philippines
21 Dec 20
Will always careful not to give in to scammers lures.
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@jobelbojel (35577)
• Philippines
21 Dec 20
@DianneN it is the hard earned money so I made sure I validate first.
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@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
3 Jan 21
I still remember a friend who lost her PayPal balance because of some phishing email she received. Being an online worker for a long time, I am cautious even on chat and text messages with links. I also post awareness to my friends who are just starting with their online work.
Good to know that you are vigilant with your account.
@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
21 Dec 20
Oh no.. Hmmm I hope I will not receive that kind of email again... I will have a mini heart attack.. Hihihihihi
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