Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scamming - Fraud
The Letterboxd PayPal scam email below, which confirms a £49 subscription and 14-day trial from the recipients' PayPal accounts, is being sent by scammers. The aim of the scammers is to frighten recipients into clicking the "Cancel Your Subscription" link in the scam email that contains a link that goes to a phishing website that steals account credentials, personal or financial information, which will be used fraudulently by the scammers.
From: Letterboxd invoice@letterboxdinfo.comLetterboxd LogoWelcome! You’ve signed up as [email address removed] at Letterboxd.Thank you for choosing LetterboxdYou're subscribed up to watch hundreds of subscription-only classics from across the decades. Your free trial will last 14 days.When your trial ends, you will be charged £49.00 a year automatically from your PayPal account - but you can cancel any time. The 14-day free trial is available only to first-time subscribers.Order Number:Payment method: PayPal account: [email address removed]Order date: December 13, 2022%If you want to cancel your subscription you can access your PayPal account and follow the instructionsCancel your subscriptionHappy watching,Letterboxd.comYou received this because you joined Letterboxd, the social network for film lovers.Sent by Letterboxd, P.O. Box 99280, Newmarket, Auckland 1149, New ZealandLetterboxd logo
From: Letterboxd invoice@letterboxdinfo.com
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Welcome! You’ve signed up as [email address removed] at Letterboxd.
Thank you for choosing Letterboxd
You're subscribed up to watch hundreds of subscription-only classics from across the decades. Your free trial will last 14 days.
When your trial ends, you will be charged £49.00 a year automatically from your PayPal account - but you can cancel any time. The 14-day free trial is available only to first-time subscribers.
Order Number:
Payment method: PayPal account: [email address removed]
Order date: December 13, 2022%
If you want to cancel your subscription you can access your PayPal account and follow the instructions
Cancel your subscription
Happy watching,
Letterboxd.com
You received this because you joined Letterboxd, the social network for film lovers.
Sent by Letterboxd, P.O. Box 99280, Newmarket, Auckland 1149, New Zealand
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If you receive an email which claims that you have made a PayPal payment, instead of clicking the link in the email, go directly to PayPal's website at www.paypal.com, sign into your account and check for the so-called payment.
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I think I have never heard of this one before. there are a lot of scams out there but this is the first time that I have seen it go for the same scam with the Letterboxd at this point in time. on top of that, we have all seen how bigger of a deal it is for a lot of people considering that there are even more problems to see on that end, which makes it even hard for me to understand that it is actually possible to come up with hacks on this one.
Had the same email on 13 December 2022. Will keep a check on my paypal account. Nothing yet.
Had the same email showing the same account number on Tuesday 13th December, will regularly check my PayPal account. Has anybody had a payment on their account ?
I had this too. The account number is the same as the one shown in your example....
I’ve also had the same email, I don’t have a PayPal account so I know it’s a scam attempt !
I also had the same letter yesterday thought it was genuine because there is a legit site called the same. Went to cancel then saw the PayPal message and realised it was a scam. Have reported it to Which . I will also keep an eye on my account in case. The genuine site only charges 14 pound to join.
