Have you encountered this scam?

@TheHorse (223339)
Walnut Creek, California
February 21, 2025 9:18pm CST
In recent days, I have gotten several emails telling me that I have been charged several hundred dollars for my purchase of crypto currency via my PayPal account. If I call this number I can challenge the charges, and not have to pay them. Have you received emails like this? There was one former MyLotter (some of you will remember him) who would call such scammers and record his conversations with them. It was hilarious. Do you get emails like this?
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@lovebuglena (45514)
• Staten Island, New York
10h
Luckily I didn’t get these emails. But I receive tons of other crap that I have to delete.
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@TheHorse (223339)
• Walnut Creek, California
2h
Yep. I go on a deleting spree every morning.
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@AmbiePam (96069)
• United States
10h
I get emails about my large purchase using PayPal, but so far they have never mentioned cryptocurrency. Of course, a large purchase from me through PayPal just makes me snicker. And yes, now I want a Snickers.
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@TheHorse (223339)
• Walnut Creek, California
3h
Ah, my mind works similarly. I'll see if I have any chocolate in my fridge.
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@kaylachan (75129)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11h
Most of those hit my spam folder and I don't look into them much. But, it's a popular scam.
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@TheHorse (223339)
• Walnut Creek, California
2h
I've been getting that one a lot recently.
@yukimori (10170)
• United States
11h
The ones I get seem to all be for Cash App right now. It's pretty obvious because I've never used Cash App before. I see a lot of fake invoice scams at work. They're really similar to what you described: the client comes in having gotten an invoice for around $500 or so. They have the same "courteous" invitation to call the 800 number on the invoice to challenge the charges or get a refund... and that's how they get their victims, because they'll ask for a credit card number to issue the refund to, then run up a bunch of charges on it. Or sometimes they'll sweet talk the client into giving them remote access to their PC, and then I have to go clean up the mess they've left behind. Some of the guys at work are bugged when clients just walk in to ask "stupid" questions about those emails, but I'd rather they do that than fall victim to the scammers!
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@TheHorse (223339)
• Walnut Creek, California
2h
Some people still fall for this stuff. Maybe more than I had suspected.
@lilacskies (4537)
• United States
10h
Yes, they go straight to my spam box.
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@TheHorse (223339)
• Walnut Creek, California
2h
That's a good thing. Most of mine go to SPAM. But obviously not all.
@MarkPaul (37)
11h
These seem to have replaced the ones from that Nigerian Prince who came into a huge amount of money and just needs a bank account to park the money until he retires and will pay a handsome "parking bonus" while confirming he heard can trust me. I wonder what ever happened to that Nigerian Prince. He seemed so trustworthy...
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@TheHorse (223339)
• Walnut Creek, California
2h
Yes, I haven't heard from the Nigerian Prince in years. Unless he's in my SPAM box.
• China
1h
I have not got such emails and don't know of the crypto currency.
@jstory07 (141878)
• Roseburg, Oregon
11h
I got something like that yesterday. I never go into them.
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@xander6464 (44791)
• Wapello, Iowa
9h
I get emails like that all the time. I blame MAGA because if it weren't for gullible people like that, these scams wouldn't exist.
@wolfgirl569 (111819)
• Marion, Ohio
26m
If I have got that it's in my spam folder and I never look there unless I am expecting something
@noni1959 (10234)
• United States
9h
I have received a lot of spam text lately for tolls and Capital One collections. It's so annoying. Sadly, many fall for it.
@JudyEv (346592)
• Rockingham, Australia
7h
I haven't had any of these, thank goodness. They try anything, don't they?
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@TheHorse (223339)
• Walnut Creek, California
2h
It must work now and again.
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@JudyEv (346592)
• Rockingham, Australia
43m
@TheHorse It must work often enough to keep them trying.
• India
3h
These scam mails seem to be going everywhere these days! They try to capitalize by panicking people so they call them without analysing things. It’s always best to ignore them. I still receive mails of Nigerian prince and rich people who want to share their wealth with me. There are times I receive mail stating they are holding me for ransom or they will expose my secrets to my family and friends. Luckily, they all go to my spam. That former MyLotter should have had great sense of humour! Scam baiting can be entertaining when done well. It is fun when scammers react when they realize they have been fooled.
@somewitch (2104)
7h
Maybe, I tend to ignore everything-crypto that goes into the spam folder, even though I do collect crypto so I'm involved with that world somehow. I mostly get fake missed deliveries, but no "Dear Customer" lives with me. Or "Costumer" even.
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@TheHorse (223339)
• Walnut Creek, California
2h
Maybe I should re-name Kitty Customer.