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Received phishing email with real paypal.com links. Message reads : "Set up your PayPal account profile New Profile Charge: We have detected a new payment profile with a charge of $910.45 USD at Kraken.com. To dispute, contact PayPal at (805) 500-8413. Otherwise, no action is required. PayPal accept automatic pending bill from this account.Your New PayPal Account added you to the Crypto Wallet account. Your user ID: Receipt43535d Use this link to finish setting up your profile for this account. The link will expire in 24 hours." One minute later I received a SECOND email about a verification code that that reads : "Here's your code Your verification code is 996462 and will expire in 10 minutes. For your security, don't share it with anyone. PayPal will never call to ask you for this info." The purpose of the 2nd email is to make the first one look more authentic, so you call the fake phone number to dispute the charge.

Targeted Person's Location

IA, USA- 52351

Scammer Information
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Unknown Location

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(805) 500-8413

Web logo

Unknown URL

Scam Type

Credit Cards

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Business name

PAYPAL imposter

Date Reported

August 28, 2025

Scam ID

1048851


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