Fake email and payment?

[Speedhack]

Greeting,
Could anyone help me? Is this a fake payment and fake emai?

When i cklicked on Claim money it switched me on paypal login so i loged in. All the situation with this guy was weird he sent me money and i got email about payment like 20 minutes after it.. He blocked me on skype and steam, i closed my account. 
What do you think guys? 
Thank you for reading and help me .)

[sharpiemarker · Accepted solution]

Hi @Speedhack,

After review of your screenshots, these emails are fake, most definitely.  The "From" email addresses are not from PayPal at all. PayPal do not use gmail to send you your payment notifications.  PayPal also use proper english grammar in their emails.

Do not ever click on links on emails.  To check to see if you received money for sure, log on to your PayPal account directly at PayPal website to check.  Only after you do this do you deliver any goods.

Hope you did not send out any goods.

[Speedhack]

Hello, Thank you so much for your answer 🙂 I m really sarisfied with this. And at the same time im really noob because i sent him skin worth 23€. I knew that it is fake from beginning, cuz gmail.com and this guy was weird. Its my fail im really good at this i know scamers but yeah.. 😄 this is bad. Im knowledgeable. Im scared cuz i cklicked on 2 links from him and i loged on paypal with this link.. i closed the account a have no money and card on this pp acount. I have old one account with other email but same name and phone number. So i can have this paypal with same phone number and name and card? Thank you very much. I will never trade again with paypal.. maybe with some very good and trustworthy person who has many reps or so i know what to do i will ask pp support i think if i can use my old pp account. Thank you so much you are very nice person 🙂 Have a good day. Sorry my english is not well, i tryied 🙂

[sharpiemarker · Accepted solution]

As long as you change your password, you should be okay with your active account.  Log in to check you account from time to time.  I don't recommend selling digital goods with PayPal as there is no seller protection for that.  Some would say to ask for Friends and Family payment but if the payment was made by credit card, you can still get a chargeback for Unauthorized Transaction.  These scammers get access to stolen identities and financial info to use so once they get your item, they can just disappear and the card owner chargeback and you will be responsible.  Be careful out there. 

[kelley58]

seems to me if we report a scammer (ie  user name, email), paypal could block them from doing business.......who do i report my info  on the guy who tried to rip me off to?

[sharpiemarker]

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@kelley58 wrote:

seems to me if we report a scammer (ie  user name, email), paypal could block them from doing business.......who do i report my info  on the guy who tried to rip me off to?

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https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/useragreement-full#miscellaneous

Scroll down to Comsumer fraud warning section

[clippingpathman]

I have been receivd an unexpected payment form one of guyes . The sender has been inpute wrong email address where has no paypal account. So, Please help me to solve the issue that how can i refund the money to sender. The sender has been emailed me severall time and i can't refund the money yet.

Thanks

[sharpiemarker]

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@clippingpathman wrote:

I have been receivd an unexpected payment form one of guyes . The sender has been inpute wrong email address where has no paypal account. So, Please help me to solve the issue that how can i refund the money to sender. The sender has been emailed me severall time and i can't refund the money yet.

Thanks

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The sender has to log on to their PayPal account and cancel their payment and send money to your email address.  If the wrong email address just so happens to be registered to PayPal, the transaction would be marked Completed on the sender account, they have to email the recipient.  The sender has to fix it on their end.  Nothing you can you because the money did not go into your account.  It is their problem now.

On the other hand, it could be a fake spam email out of nowhere accusing you of receiving this money when you didn't so be careful.

[Bonny54]

Forgive me if this is in the wrong place, I feel there's so much red tape trying to use PayPal, and being unwell doesn't help. 

I got a fake email and I reported it, I the. done what was asked of me, but got nowhere with that, I replied back to them letting them know this, for all the good that did. I am at my wits end now just trying to get a reply from someone. 

I only wanted to know, 1. Was if a fake email, I now know if was. 2. Did they get money from my bank account, it's happened before, but was blocked by the bank, but not heard anything this time and can't so far see it on my statement. 

The email said this: 

You have paid a fee of $ 88.00 NZD at Mighty Ape Limited.

6 April 2017 00:45:02 PST

This amortization will appear on your credit card statement as payment to PAYPAL * MIGHTY APE.

Thank you for your time. 

[sharpiemarker · Accepted solution]

Did you forward the email to spoof@paypal.com?  They may or may not respond to every forwarded email sent. 

Check your account activity to see if there are any charges.  Check your PayPal, bank, credit cards etc. If no charges, move on. If there are, dispute them.

You can tell if it is fake by who sent the email, if it is an official PayPal email address.  Compare it with a previous official PayPal notification from your email inbox.  And PayPal do not use the the word "amortization" in their notifications that I know of.  And they do not say "you paid a fee" when a payment is sent.