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Originally Posted by Phpb2
Good luck! No help from PayPal after notification of attempted hack from China. Tried to remove bank and credit card info. Ended up closing 25 year PayPal account.
Still receiving messages from them of attempted hacks and intrusions!
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The messages you receive might be phishing messages from scammers rather than real notifications from PayPal. Phishing messages try to fake you into believing they are coming from a legitimate source but are really from fraudsters (con men) trying to trick you into giving your personal or log in information.
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To detect a phishing message, hover over the link in the message (e.g., “click here to log into your account”) and read the URL address. If the URL is not PayPal in your case, the message is likely a phishing attempt.
I get phishing messages frequently pretending to be Amazon or financial institutions that I don’t do business with. Deleting phishing messages is all one can do. They are somewhat similar to spam messages and not much to do to stop them.