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This content is based on victim and potential victim accounts. Government agencies and legitimate business names and phone numbers are often used by scam artists to take advantage of people.
I received an email claiming to be from PayPal about an alert for a possible fraud charge. It gave me a phone number to call: ###-###-#### and a link to create an account (which doesn't make sense since they are notifying me about a charge to my PayPal account).
MD, USA- 21061
Unknown Location
(805) 500-6710
https://www.paypal.com/selfhelp/home?v=1&utm_source=unp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=RT003034&utm_unptid=a9ac4305-67d1-11f0-816e-5fc7dd3127ac&ppid=RT003034&cnac=US&rsta=en_US%28en-US%29&unptid=a9ac4305-67d1-11f0-816e-5fc7dd3127ac&calc=f259909cb2fcb&unp_tpcid=developerinvitationwithnewacount&page=main%3Aemail%3ART003034&pgrp=main%3Aemail&e=cl&mchn=em&s=ci&mail=sys&appVersion=1.343.0&tenant_name=PAYPAL&xt=145585%2C150948%2C104038&link_ref=selfhelp_home
Phishing
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PayPal
July 23, 2025
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