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I received an email from what appears to be a legitimate Paypal email address noting that a recurring payment method was no longer active. It then details a charge for an iPhone 17 Pro Max for 1,499 USD and then indicates an initial charge in Japanese Yen. The email provides an incorrect customer service URL and email and a fake phone number to call to stop a faulty payment. I logged into my Paypal separately to make sure I didn't have this charge and then also googled the phone number which lead to me other reports of scams. Upon further examination, none of the credit card information matches my details, so I think it is purely phishing, but it is not clear to me how they were able to send from a Paypal address. Below is a copy and paste of the message: Hello Invoice Update, PayPal Your automatic payment is no longer active You’ll need to contact Apple Store USA for more details or to reactivate your automatic payments. Here are the details: To: Apple Store USA For: iPhone 17 Pro Max 512 GB Automatic payment ID: I-80CCKHA1X4JM Customer service URL: http://apples.com.usa Customer service email: [email protected] Note from seller: A transaction of ????????.???? USD was detected.If this wasn’t you, please call (??????) ??????-???????? to stop the payment Automatic payment details Billing cycle starts: Oct 21, 2025 Total cycles: Until cancellation Remaining cycles: of Until cancellation Amount paid each time: ¥4999.00 JPY Payment method: Visa ••8278 PayPal Help & Contact | Security | Apps Twitter Instagram Facebook LinkedIn PayPal is committed to preventing fraudulent emails. Emails from PayPal will always contain your full name. Learn to identify phishing Please don't reply to this email. To get in touch with us, click Help & Contact. Not sure why you received this email? Learn more Copyright © 1999-2025 PayPal, Inc. All rights reserved. PayPal is located at 2211 N. First St., San Jose, CA 95131. PayPal RT000076:en_US(en-US):1.0.0:5b748aa5a7d2f