Description

I received an email claiming to be from PayPal that was unusually convincing in that it appeared to originate from the company's actual email address and included an accurate-looking footer. Key details indicated it was not legitimate, however, including the fact that it did not include my full name and was addressed to [email protected]. The email claimed a new crypto wallet was connected to my PayPal, and it provided a link button to set up a profile and a number to call if "not mine". Hovering over the various links revealed legitimate-looking webpages, all begining with "https://www.paypal.com/[...]" I searched the phone number to see what popped up and the first thing that came up in Google was a link to this BBB page. I neither called the number nor clicked the link, and I reported it to Gmail as a phishing attempt. A Jpeg of the message is attached, and a copy of the email text is below: -------------- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Set up your account profile Message Body: Set up your PayPal account profile Account Message: Recently, $883.75 was logged with a new profile. If not yours, reach out at (805) 500-6214. If fine, you may ignore. Auto pending bill accepted from this account. Your New Account added you to the Crypto Wallet account. Your user ID: receipt923456 Use this link to finish setting up your profile for this account. The link will expire in 24 hours. --------------