A new sophisticated PayPal scam sends legitimate-looking emails from official PayPal addresses, using phone numbers instead ...

They send what looks like a real payment request to PayPal users, mostly via email,” said Abhishek Karnik, head of threat research for McAfee, an online protection company.

The email comes directly from PayPal’s real domain, making it appear legitimate. Then they set up auto-forwarding that allows the email to get forwarded to the victim.

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The email requesting money uses a legitimate sender email address from "[email protected]" and a link to PayPal's real website, but if a victim signs on to see check the request, their PayPal ...

The sender will check out, but the email likely contains a phishing attempt. As investigated by Bleeping Computer , this particular scam abuses PayPal’s gift address feature.

Finally, PayPal says: "You receive a fake invoice or money request by email, designed to look like a real PayPal email." PayPal phishing emails are an extremely common form of scam.

One of NBC 7's producers, Meredith, received a real email from PayPal. Inside it was a real invoice, but for a purchase that never happened. Stream San Diego News for free, 24/7, wherever you are ...

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It comes from [email protected] — the real deal,” Cristescu explained. “The email may say something like: ‘You’ve just paid $749 for a MacBook. If this wasn’t you, call this number.’ ...

There's a new, sophisticated PayPal scam draining the bank accounts of unsuspecting victims. Hackers are ambushing users of the platform in a tricky way that seems so legit, it's not sending off ...