"PayPal You Submitted an Order Amounting" Phishing Scams

The email message below with the subject: "You submitted an order amounting," which states that the recipients sent a payment and the same email message confirms that their purchases were made, is a phishing scam. The fraudulent email message was created by cyber-criminals to frighten and trick the recipients into clicking the link in it, which will take them to the fake and phishing website. The fake and phishing website, which looks exactly like the legitimate PayPal website, should not be visited and the instructions on it should never be followed. This is because any information submitted on phishing website will be sent to the cyber-criminals, who will use it to hijack their victims' PayPal accounts and use them fraudulently.

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PayPal You Submitted an Order Amounting Phishing Scams

Persons who have already fallen victim to the phishing scam should change their PayPal passwords immediately before their accounts are hijacked, and contact PayPal immediately for help.

Sample of a "PayPal You Submitted an Order Amounting" Phishing Scam

From: PayPal Payments JXlBS_UaBXUZ@wustl.edu

Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 11:23 PM

Subject: You submitted an order amounting $39.99 CAD to Geometry Dash

Dear ,

You sent a payment of $39.99 CAD to Geometry Dash

This email confirms your purchase of the following subscription usign your PayPalID (faithtay96@hotmail.com):

Product description: 1 x Geometry Dash

Unit price $39.99 CAD

Qty: 1

Total price $39.99 CAD

This is a subscription order and you'll be billed every month until you cancel your subscription.

Issues with this transaction?

You can cancel a Subscription at any time: http://apituneordau8.canadasubscription .com/

You have 7 days from the date of the transaction to cancel the subscription without beeing charged.

Yours sincerely,

PayPal

Please do not reply to this email. To get in touch with us, click Help & Contact.

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It is important that PayPal user remember that they should never sign into their accounts by clicking on a link. They should always go directly to www.paypal.com and sign-in from there instead. This will prevent them from clicking on a link that goes to a phishing website.

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August 31, 2018 at 12:14 AM by
"PayPal You Submitted an Order Amounting" Phishing Scams
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Here is another scam:

"From: "service" <noreply-invoice2@kumenumakanmu.in>

Date: August 27, 2018 at 7:51:33 AM CDT

Subject: You submitted an order in the amount of $192.28 USD to WeightWatchers International

paypal August 27, 2018 07:08:33 PM

Transaction ID: O-4865GP886106

Hello,

Thanks for your order at WeightWatchers International. Money won't leave your account until WeightWatchers International processes your order.

Merchant

WeightWatchers International

Payment@weightwatchers.com

Instructions to merchant

You haven't entered any instructions.

Next time, you could earn 2% cash back on every purchase with the PayPal Cashback Mastercard

Description Unit price Qty Amount

Item# $192.28 USD 1 $192.28 USD

Subtotal $192.28 USD

Total $192.28 USD

Click here to cancel the transaction"

Delete

August 1, 2018 at 11:53 AM by
"PayPal You Submitted an Order Amounting" Phishing Scams
an anonymous user from: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Hello XXXXXX@XXXXXXX.com,

You've sent a payment of 827.50 USD to ebay

Thanks . Please note that this is not a charge. Your account will be charged when the merchant processes your payment. You may receive multiple emails as the merchant processes your order.

Your funds will be transferred when the merchant processes your payment. Any money in your account at that time will be used before any other payment source.

It may take a few moments for this transaction to appear in your account.

Merchant

ebay.com

invoice@ebay.com Instructions to merchant

You haven't entered any instructions.

You can cancel this transaction :

Cancel Payment Now >

Delete

June 21, 2018 at 8:39 PM by
"PayPal You Submitted an Order Amounting" Phishing Scams
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Here is another scam:

"Subject: You submitted an order in the amount of $592.66 CAD to American Airlines - Canada

Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 18:22:01 0200

From: service <3t.kharkov.ua@3t.kharkov.ua>

paypal

Transaction ID: O-003981659G315632W

Hello,

You submitted an order in the amount of $592.66 CAD to American Airlines - Canada.

Thanks for using PayPal. Please note that this is not a charge. Your account will be charged when the merchant processes your payment. You may receive multiple emails as the merchant processes your order.If the payment was not authorized by you Login here and cancel the payment in order to get full refund.

Your funds will be transferred when the merchant processes your payment. Any money in your PayPal account at that time will be used before any other payment source.

To see the full transaction details, log in to your PayPal account.

Merchant

American Airlines - Canada

paypal_cad@aa.com

Instructions to merchant

You haven't entered any instructions."

Delete

February 28, 2018 at 1:41 PM by
"PayPal You Submitted an Order Amounting" Phishing Scams
an anonymous user from: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

You guys get hit for petty change, I just got this one:

"PayPal logo

Transaction ID: O-3YV15593N2595560W

Hello "email@address",

You submitted an order in the amount of $400.78 USD to HOTELS.COM USA.

Thanks for using PayPal. Please note that this is not a charge. Your account will be charged when the merchant processes your payment. You may receive multiple emails as the merchant processes your order.

Your funds will be transferred when the merchant processes your payment. Any money in your PayPal account at that time will be used before any other payment source.

If the payment was not authorized by you login here and cancel the payment in order to get full refund.

To see the full transaction details, log in to your PayPal account.

Merchant

HOTELS.COM USA

customerscare@hotels.com

877-903-0072 Instructions to merchant

You haven't entered any instructions.

Description Unit price Qty Amount

Checkout Total

$400.78 USD 1 $400.78 USD

Subtotal $400.78 USD

Payment sent to customerscare@hotels.com

Invoice ID: 0C36732D-DC21-417A-9022-832413CA3346

Issues with this transaction?

You have 45 days from the date of the transaction to open a dispute in the Resolution Center.

Questions? Go to the Help Center at www.paypal.com/ca/help.

Get verified - Pay from your bank account and you're 100% protected against unauthorized payments sent from your PayPal account. Log in and click the Get verified link below your name.

Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For help, log in to your PayPal account and click Help on any PayPal page.

You can receive plain text emails instead of HTML emails. To change your Notifications preferences, log in to your account, go to your Profile, and click My settings.

Copyright © 2018 PayPal, Inc., 500 King St. W, Toronto, ON M5V 1L9. All rights reserved.

PayPal Email ID PP120 - e9fea5f272fb8"

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December 17, 2017 at 4:49 AM by
"PayPal You Submitted an Order Amounting" Phishing Scams
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This's a phishing email sent to me just now. I've never made any order from HOTWIRE.COM. And, I have closed the PayPal's account successfully:

"จาก: PayPaI Inc. <service-paypaI-secure@outlook.com>

ส่ง: 17 ธันวาคม 2560 8:22

ถึง: wannarat-ball@hotmail.com

ชื่อเรื่อง: You submitted an order in the amount of $68.25 USD to HOTWIRE.COM

paypal

Transaction ID: O-6YM93969G7226732T

Hello,

Thanks for your order at HOTWIRE.COM. Money won't leave your account until HOTWIRE.COM processes your order.

Thanks for using PayPaI. To see the full transaction details, log in to your PayPaI account. Keep in mind, it may take a few moments for this transaction to appear.

Merchant

HOTWIRE.COM

support@hotwire.com

Instructions to merchant

You haven't entered any instructions.

Description Unit price Qty Amount

Checkout Total

$68.25 USD 1 $68.25 USD

Subtotal $68.25 USD

Total $68.25 USD

The final payment amount may change when the merchant completes the order."

Delete

December 7, 2017 at 9:58 PM by
"PayPal You Submitted an Order Amounting" Phishing Scams
info

Here is another scam:

"From: PayPal [mailto:mail@kokans.ac.jp]

Sent: 6 décembre 2017 11:40

Subject: You submitted an order in the amount of $208.88 CAD to The Shopping Channel

Transaction ID: R-543545HR96831E

paypal

Transaction ID: R-543545HR96831E

Hello,

You submitted an order in the amount of $208.88 CAD to The Shopping Channel.

Thanks for using PayPal. Please note that this is not a charge. Your account will be charged when the merchant processes your payment. You may receive multiple emails as the merchant processes your order.

Your funds will be transferred when the merchant processes your payment. Any money in your PayPal account at that time will be used before any other payment source.

If the payment was not authorized by you login here and cancel the payment in order to get full refund.

To see the full transaction details, log in to your PayPal account..."

Delete

April 27, 2017 at 8:43 PM by
"PayPal You Submitted an Order Amounting" Phishing Scams
info

Received via email:

Hi,

Thank you for your warning, my email received the message below. Very curious as I don't have an active PayPal account right now. Bob

-Original Message-

From: PayPal Payment [mailto:LUKk.LGLyv_wOY@jhu.edu]

Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 8:06 AM

To: xxxxxxb@live.ca

Subject: PPID9AB6EA16 Payment Purchase Transaction

Dear,

You sent a payment of 38.87 to Geometry Dash.

Thanks for using Paypal. To see all the transaction details log in to your PayPal account.

It may take a few moments for this transaction to appear in your account.

This email confirms your purchase of the following subscription using your PayPalID (xxxxxx@live.ca):

Subscription name: 1 x Geometry Dash

Date of purchase: 26 April 2017

Subscription Period: 8 month

Unit price: 38.87

The subscription period will automatically start right now, but you'll have 7 days money-back guarantee***.

Issues with this transaction?

You can cancel a Subscription at any time: http://reviewke.wdbapps.com/

|Regards,

|PayPal Team

|*** During the 7 day period you'll receive a full refund, if cancelled until the 7th day."

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"PayPal You Submitted an Order Amounting" Phishing Scams