{"id":42144,"date":"2023-01-13T22:02:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T16:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seminarsonly.com\/news\/?p=42144"},"modified":"2023-01-13T22:02:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T16:32:21","slug":"paypal-money-request-scam-paypal-invoice-and-money-request-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seminarsonly.com\/news\/paypal-money-request-scam-paypal-invoice-and-money-request-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"PayPal Money Request Scam : PayPal Invoice and Money Request scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PayPal Money Request Scam : PayPal Invoice and Money Request scams<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>These scams can happen in numerous ways:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>You receive an invoice or money request through PayPal, but for a product\/service\/crypto you never ordered. Don\u2019t pay it.<\/li>\n<li>You receive an invoice or money request through PayPal, and the bad actor has included an alarmist note. The note asks you to call their fake customer service number.<\/li>\n<li>You receive a fake invoice or money request by email, designed to look like a real PayPal email.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These scams are trying to trick you into sending money to a fraudster or providing your personal or financial details to them. Be wary of any messages that are alarmist, warning you to call them quickly to resolve an \u201cissue\u201d on your account.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>How to avoid this scam:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you receive a suspicious invoice or money request, don\u2019t pay it. And don\u2019t call any phone numbers stated in the invoice note or open suspicious URLs.<\/p>\n<p>Cancel any unwarranted invoices or money requests by logging in to the PayPal website or the PayPal app.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"Phishing\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Phishing email\/message<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Received a suspicious email, or message or been directed to a fake website? Forward it to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:phishing@paypal.com\">phishing@paypal.com<\/a>\u00a0and then delete it. We\u2019ll investigate it for you.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t reply, open links, download attachments, or call any listed phone number.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-default panopoly-image-original aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/its.weill.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/panopoly_image_original\/public\/paypal_scam.png?itok=_NcypoyG\" alt=\"Screenshot of a notification from PayPal requesting money. While the notification is legitimate, scammers are using PayPal money requests to gain access to a person's personal and financial info.\" width=\"439\" height=\"629\" data-delta=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"Fee\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Advance fee fraud<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you get an offer for free money, there&#8217;s probably a catch. Typically, fraudsters will ask you to send some smaller amount (for taxes, for legal documents, etc.) before they can send you the millions you\u2019re promised, but which they never intend to send you.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How to avoid this scam<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<p>Don&#8217;t wire money to someone you don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"Overpayment\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Overpayment scam<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A customer sends a PayPal payment that is more than the purchase price of the order and then asks you to wire them the difference.\n<ul>\n<li>They may tell you that they accidentally overpaid you, the extra money is for the shipping costs, they&#8217;re giving you a bonus for your great service or the money is for the stress they&#8217;ve caused you.<\/li>\n<li>They may even ask you to wire the shipping fees to their shipper.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>This scammer may have paid with a stolen credit card, bank account number, or checking account.\n<ul>\n<li>Just because a payment has been deposited into your account, doesn&#8217;t mean the money is yours to keep. If the legitimate account holder reports unauthorized activity, the money can be withdrawn from your account.<\/li>\n<li>If that happens, you&#8217;ll lose the money you wired to the fraudster, the product you shipped, shipping costs, and your payment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>How to avoid this scam<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Don&#8217;t wire money to someone you don&#8217;t know. A legitimate buyer won&#8217;t overpay you for an order.<\/li>\n<li>If a customer overpays you and asks you to wire them the difference, consider canceling the order\u2014it&#8217;s very likely to be fraudulent.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t wire money to the bogus shipping company\u2014it&#8217;s part of their scam to get your money.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"Winnings\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Prize winnings<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Messages asking you to pay a small handling fee to collect fabulous prizes are usually a scam. You send the handling fee and get nothing in return.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How to avoid this scam<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<p>Don&#8217;t send money to someone you don&#8217;t know. A legitimate prize won\u2019t require you to pay to receive it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PayPal Money Request Scam : PayPal Invoice and Money Request scams These scams can happen in numerous ways: You receive an invoice or money request through PayPal, but for a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PayPal Money Request Scam : PayPal Invoice and Money Request scams - Seminarsonly.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you receive a suspicious invoice or money request, don\u2019t pay it. 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