Paypal- transaction declined email

[deleted user 837354]

Had one of these this morning, looks very very genuine and is asking for you to confirm your card details. Only this is a scam email and clicking the link will lead you to a completely non-genuine website where you will unknowingly donate your credit card details. Don't be fooled.

 

[Lincs Lass]

Often get messages asking to confirm email and phone details or my account will be suspended ,,ignore all of them , its that time of year for the scammers and they know everybody is online to one site or another buying stuff .
Last week my village was plagued by suspect calls from Amazon regarding accounts or unauthorised payments .

 

[Dry Rot]

I've had an email allegedly from Paypal denying me access to my account unless I download an ap onto my mobile phone. This is apparently a new EU security measure. The ap (they say) randomly generates a new password every time I log in or something like that!

I have replied to this by saying I don't have a mobile phone (not strictly true) and we are no longer in the EU (true). Seems genuine, but is it? I haven't needed to go into my Paypal account yet and I continue to pay for Ebay purchases without a problem. BTW, I don't have any money with Paypal as it simply debits my card when I pay for stuff and, no, I don't give card or pin details over the internet or phone anyway nor do I do online banking. Doing my accounts now from bank statements (off line) and there is no suspicious activity.

 

[Phil P]

If you get any suspicious emails from PayPal just forward them to [email protected] then delete it. PayPal will sometimes come back to say it is a spam email and they are looking into it.

 

[Muddyroads]

My wife had several texts on a similar vein yesterday, so they’re not just using emails now.