Account suspended?
By relcap23
@florelway (23286)
Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
August 24, 2021 9:13am CST
Got an email advising me that my Paypal account was suspended and I need to click a link. When I click the link I was not directed to Paypal but says link has been removed . I was actually suspicious of the email. In order to verify my account I logged in to Paypal and made a bank transfer account which was successful. I wonder if that email could be from a phishing site?
Did you receive this kind of email?
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12 responses
@RebeccasFarm (90381)
• Arvada, Colorado
10 Sep 21
Yes they are straight up liars lol
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@anya12adwi (9837)
• India
24 Aug 21
As I don't have credit card, I never received such messages from paypal!
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@anya12adwi (9837)
• India
25 Aug 21
@florelway That's a possibility!!! I will never get myself a credit card!
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@GoAskAlice (5827)
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24 Aug 21
Any email of this kind from "PayPal" which does NOT address you by name but, instead, starts with "Dear Customer" or something like that is 100% certain to be a scam. Your email client probably has a button to mark an email as 'Scam' or similar. Use it! You can also report it to PayPal, if you wish. There are instructions on how to do this in PayPal Help. You will likely not be the first to do so, but they are always grateful to hear any reports of scam emails.
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@florelway (23286)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
24 Aug 21
GoAskAlice ("Mr. A. the Admin") thanks for sharing. You're right worth reporting to paypal. This is not the first time that I get this kind of email from bogus Paypal.
@GoAskAlice (5827)
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24 Aug 21
@florelway Nearly everyone will get them from time to time. I don't know how they get the email addresses but these scammers will send out thousands or tens of thousands such emails and will always catch out a very small percentage of them. Once you have been duped into providing your email address and password on their look-alike log in screen, you are basically lost, because they now have full access to your PayPal account (unless you have protected it by requesting PayPal to send an access code to your phone, although the scammers can easily get round that, too. if they know what they're about) and will drain it fast as blinking!
@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
24 Aug 21
It’s a scammer trying to get money. Always when you get these emails just log into your PayPal account don’t lick the links the same with banks or if you have apple products. Just go to your account like you normally would and check from there.
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@florelway (23286)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
24 Aug 21
I agree with you it's the safesr way to do.
@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
25 Aug 21
@florelway yes, it is. That’s what I do any time I get those emails. I go and check for myself
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@MommyOfEli2013 (84212)
• Rupert, Idaho
25 Aug 21
I get these a lot, they are scams. I only trust it if it has my name on it. Also look at the where it is from e-mail....usually has a bunch of random letters/numbers.
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@florelway (23286)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
25 Aug 21
Thanks for sharing info. they're very tricky.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
24 Aug 21
I have received similar emails. I always delete them and log into Paypal the normal way. There is nothing wrong with your account, it is a scam email.
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@florelway (23286)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
24 Aug 21
Yes, it's doesn't have PayPal's logo. it's definitely a scam.
@allknowing (137669)
• India
25 Aug 21
I hope you are not scammed. Scamming at paypal is a done thing. I can identify which is real and which is not and yes I have received such mail and I do not open it.
@florelway (23286)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
24 Aug 21
May be if we are directed by their link let's not provide any information related to our Paypal or other account details.
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@asianlady (2697)
• Ireland
24 Aug 21
Very obvious that it's a scam (Dear Customer is a generic greeting) and Paypal to Me is wrong with Y icon. Paypal doesn't do that.
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@florelway (23286)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
24 Aug 21
I've also noticed the icon.
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