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Description
Spear phishing email from a PayPal imposter alerting customers to a large charge at a crypto site and baiting them into calling a phone number. Concerning because it uses authentic PayPal email formatting/info (eg links in the footnotes). “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.”
Targeted Person's Location
DC, USA - 20003
Scam Type
Phishing
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Business name
Unknown
Date Reported
August 29, 2025
Scam ID
1049394
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