BEWARE EMAIL SCAM

[Loyalist Dave]

This is posted here instead of "Non-Muzzleloading Discussions" so that all members, not just premium guys, are warned...

I got this email today... looks legit right? ODD..., my name doesn't actually appear....

Except I'm not buying a semi-auto "pistol" in the modern, Soviet, combat rifle caliber, AND I don't have a PayPal Account, BUT it was slightly possible that some yahoo got one of my cards, then set up a PayPal Account, But that didn't happen....,

SO what this is, is a "Scare Scam". You see the large charge, and the "800 number" and you call them to dispute it...,

Then when they answer, they have to "verify" who you are, while the secretly record your voice. They want you to answer "yes" to just one of several of their questions...., probably the last question that they ask..., something like, "So Mr. [fill in name here] you want to cancel this transaction, is that correct?" THEN since they see your phone number coming in, they then charge that number with authorizing all sorts of bogus charges for services and fees, and have your own voice, with a dubbed in question you never were actually asked, answering "yes" and authorizing the charges..... IF they get the caller to slip up and state a credit card number and authorization code, it's even worse....

Funny when I called them from my desk at the police station the recording said "there is no one here to take your call"... really, nobody at PayPal ??? LOL

Here are some flaws in the invoice, when you closely look at it...

So I have posted this for all of us to be on our guard. Stay vigilant ; Stay safe , folks!

LD

 

[PathfinderNC]

Thanks!
Never got one, but does PayPal send Invoices for GUN purchases??

 

[64Springer]

So much of this stuff is out there.

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[SOLANCO]

I had t6his. Sent them a two word reply. Neither of which sounded anything luike yes.

 

[Robby]

I get crap like that on my phone all the time from outfits claiming to be 'Paypal', Amazon', and a slew them I have never heard of. I don't even open them, just delete on sight.
Robby

 

[earlwb]

I get numerous fake bill like emails or your account has been frozen almost everyday. Every time the hackers break into a big company suddenly there is a flurry of fake bill emails etc going out.

 

[Okie Hog]

Nearly everyday i get the "your Amazon/ebay/Paypal/credit card account has been charged with a $499 purchase, press 1".

Don't let auto fill "remember" your passwords. A friend was ripped off because of auto fill.

 

[Rifleman1776]

These days one cannot assume any internet transaction is completely safe. PayPal can be strange. I have not been able to access my account for several years. Amazingly, someone else has the same e-mail address as me. Oddly, it is a lady older than myself who lives not far away. Of course PP put a hold on the account until this is cleared up. But, no one seems to know how to fix it. How it happened is a mystery. Unlikely an elderly woman would want an e-mail address that starts with [email protected]

 

[sb 54 cal.]

Got one today from Geeks pc support said billing my a/c for 686.36 if I had questions dial 800--- ---- ah no thankyou to the trash bin.

 

[Bushfire]

Just to play devils advocate here, pretty much like Farenheit I believe US is the only remaining country using mm/dd/yyyy format.

 

[Dobegrant]

Thanks for the update

 

[TreeMan]

PayPal is so anti-gun that if an actual gun transaction showed up on a transaction they’d cancel your PayPal account immediately. I use it but that entails a little white lying when it comes to paying for guns and gun accessories.

 

[erhunter]

Thanks Dave for the heads up!

 

[Brokennock]

Funny when I called them from my desk at the police station the recording said "there is no one here to take your call"... really, nobody at PayPal ??? LOL

What's even funnier about that is that of you do legitimately have an issue with PayPal that would be best handled with a phone call, good luck even finding a phone number to call.

They still owe me over $100 from when they locked and canceled my account with no explanation other than, "read the service agreement."

 

[The Crisco Kid]

I get a lot of spam on my Yahoo email but most of it goes into the spam folder. I have a friend who's email got hacked and I get spam from "him". If I hover over the email the sender's address shows and if it's legit I open it. If it shows a uk or some other strange address it gets deleted.

 

[sheriff john]

Pretty sophisticated scams, for sure. Haven 't used Pay Pal for years, but receive similar attempted thieveries often. If there was a way to reverse those, it'd be fun.

 

[appalichian hunter]

Yep, NETFLIX is another get an e-mail about every 2 days saying that my account will be suspended. I never had Netflix and never will.

 

[kyron4]

Just life in the 21th century. I keep a pretty low tech level lifestyle, no smart phone, no Amazon account, few online purchases, no social media, etc. ; still get this kind of junk. Any more it's just an annoyance than any real threat.

I miss the days when travelers and gypsies would go door to door pedaling the watered down barn paint scam.

 

[Nazgul58]

Thinking I have never had one of these so checked my email spam folder. Lo and Behold!! I have one for $339.58 for gold coins!!
Email server put it in my spam for me.

Don

 

[Eterry]

Like most here, I too used to get daily text, email, or phone calls telling me my " account has been limited and I need to call to rectify." In the trash, real or virtual, it goes.
Stay Alert, Stay Alive.