"PayPal You've Got Money! Fund On Hold" Phishing Scam
PayPal who have receive the "You've Got Money! Fund On Hold By PayPal" email below are asked not to follow the instructions in it. This is because the email is fake and phishing scam being sent by online scammers to their potential victims. The links in the fake email go to a phishing website, a website diguised to look like the legitimate PayPal website).
If visitors to the fake website attempt to sign-in, their PayPal username and password will be sent to the online scammers, who will use the stolen credentials to gain access to their potential victims' accounts.
This why PayPal users should never click on a link to sign into their accounts, especially links in email messages. They should instead, go directly to www.paypal.com and sign-in from there.
The "You've Got Money! Fund On Hold By PayPal" Phishing Scam
From: "service@intl.paypal.com" - paylpalservice.online@gmail.com
Date: May 29, 2018 at 1:23 PM
Subject: *** You've Got Money! Fund On Hold By PayPal *** Complete Transaction Immediately *** Transaction ID: 4X56274BHE1267514M
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Rose Williams paid you through PayPal.
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This email confirms that Rose Williams has sent you $1,00 0.00 CAD
Status: Pending96% Done......
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Payment Details
Note From Buyer:
As requested by PayPal, I included $350.00 CAD meant for Pick up Fee and extra $50.00 CAD for Western Union Charges.
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Summary of this Payment
Transaction ID: 4X56274BHE1267514M
Sent to
Walter liszon
Sent from
Rose Williams
Rosewilliams1117@outlook.com
Date
Payment number May 29, 2018
092
Items Price, $600 CAD
Pick-up & Delivery Fee
Western Union Fee
Total
Merchandise Title
Receiver Info:
Address Status:
$350 CAD
$50.00 CAD
$1,000 .00 CAD
Kijiji Item
Name: Laura Wilson
City: Cotonou
State: Littoral
Zip Code: 00229
Country: Benin.
Purolator Inc.
Confirmed
The total fund has been deducted from the buyer's ( Rose Williams) account including our service charges and a temporary hold as been placed on it by our fund verification team, the payment will not show up in your account balance due to the temporary hold placed on it. The total fund is being held at our fund verification team desk for verification due to the Route of the transaction. Below is the verification procedure you are to follow before we can release the total sum of $1,000.00 CAD which is on hold to your account.
1. You are to send the added shipping fee upfront to the shipping agent's name and address below via Western Union at any of Western Union location.
2. Forward the Western Union money transfer confirmation copy to us at service@paypal.com after sending the shipping fee, scan the copy of the Western Union receipt that was given to you at a Western Union office to us so we can proceed in our verification process and release the total fund to your account few hours after we get the requirement from you.
Please note:
The Buyer will not be permitted to reverse the fund before or after you have sent the shipping fee of $350.00 CAD to the shipping agent's name and address below via Western Union Transfer.This means that you are also safe and secure by sending the shipping fee upfront to complete this transaction.
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