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03/05/2025
Watch out for this PayPal phishing email scam
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INDIANAPOLIS — While I’m always on the lookout for the latest scams, I didn’t have to look far for this one–it landed right in my inbox.
At first glance, the email appears to be from PayPal Customer Care, alerting me about an unauthorized transaction on my account for $712. The email includes a transaction ID and looks very professional. t says in order to safeguard my account and process an immediate refund, I need to contact the “fraud prevention team” at the phone number listed in the email.
The email also contains a link that supposedly leads to a Docusign document for me to review and sign.
However, a closer look at the email shows that it came from a .net email address. But the reply email listed in the email body is a gmail.com address. As Scamicide points out, neither PayPal nor Docusign use .net or gmail.com domains in their communications.
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