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Originally Posted by spinner1001
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.
Spam vs. Phishing - What's the Difference Between Them? | Webroot
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. |
Nailed it! That’s exactly what is going on. There are two more things you can do to protect yourself.
1. Never click on any link in an email notification.Do even more than delete it….. Move it to JUNK. (On Mac’s, I’m sure androids have a similar file) After two trips to JUNK your computer will recognize this and automatically JUNK this type of phishing.
2. For any site where you do financial transactions, always go directly to that site. Sign on, you will find out there if is any problem with your account.