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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
I used to get these all the time, and it always confused me because I don't have a PayPal account.
These days I get them from Amazon, as text messages on my cell phone. Usually saying:
Dear [null]:
We are waiting to deliver your package. Please press on this completely, totally innocent hyperlink that will absolutely not take you to a scam website, and type in your credentials so that we can totally not steal your identity and use it to make fraudulent purchases on your behalf.
Love, Amazon.
(or some words to that effect)
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I’m also leery of scams. However, I lost out on a large eBay sale early this year because I thought a message that payment couldn’t be made until I fixed something was a scam (and Paypal actually told me it was a scam), but the problem turned out to be that I had a new Visa card that had the same number and name and bank, but a different expiration date. So the money wouldn’t come through until that was fixed. I fixed it on the PayPal site using my account—NOT through the email. But I lost that first sale.