E-mails that signal an urgent need for action should be checked carefully and calmly. Because it is often phishing. Currently, PayPal customers are increasingly being targeted by scammers.
Consumers may currently receive emails stating that their PayPal account was used to pay at a gambling site. You should still be able to stop the payment if you log in to your Paypal account right here via a link. These are fraud attempts, or phishing for short.
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Warning about phishing to PayPal users
Anyone who is currently receiving one or similar e-mails should not believe the message and should never click on any links in it. The warns the consumer protection portal “Watchlist Internet”. Behind the message were criminals trying their hand at phishing. They want to snatch away the access data for their account with said payment service and their credit card data from PayPal users.
Well fake alleged PayPal page
Victims are directed to an alleged PayPal site. It’s pretty well faked, but if you pay attention, it has a weird web address.
The general rule: If you are unsure about messages that suggest account closures or dubious transactions, you should simply log in to the account in question in the usual way and check it out. In this way, it can be quickly clarified that the claims made in the e-mails are fictitious.
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What victims can do
PayPal itself offers extensive information on its pages on how to recognize fraudulent e-mails and tips on what customers should do when they receive such a message. PayPal phishing emails can also be forwarded to [email protected] prior to deletion to allow the company to investigate the message and scam.
Anyone who has been taken in by the scammers and has disclosed their data on the phishing sites should change their PayPal password directly and inform their bank about the credit card. If amounts have already been debited, you should try to have the bank recover them. If the financial damage caused cannot be reversed, the only option is to report it to the police.