Fake Paypal Payment receipt?
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I just received this email from Paypal (supposedly) confirming a transaction that I have no idea about.
Transaction for the value of: 69.28
Description: Subscription PayPal
Merchant's cart ID: 77EE-029-790697
Authorisation Date/Time: 31/October/2017 08:25:36
PayPal transaction ID: 90276221618102
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You can review or cancel your transaction here http://subscription-pppay.web-a8l36n.anuevma.com/
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If its a spoof, DO NOT USE ANY LINK.
Firstly if the email addressed you as ''Dear Member'' / ''Customer'' / ''Client'' OR your ''email address'' then that confirms its a spoof as paypal would address you by your full name eg Dear John Smith.
Secondly if there was a link OR attachment in that email to ''cancel'' the transaction or ''confirm'' any details then again it would be a spoof.
If there was a problem with your account paypal would not ask you to click on an unsafe link in an email or by downloading an attachment, they would direct you to log in normally and go to the resolution or the message centre for more information.
More info here >>
https://www.paypal.com/us/selfhelp/article/how-to-spot-fake-emails-faq2340/2
Advice is voluntary.
Kudos / Solution appreciated.
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I'm geting those kind of emails too. I found out they were fake as the transactions never made it to neither PP nor my bank statement. Another way to find out is that they spell Paypal as "PaypaI". The difference is on last letter which is not an L but a capital "i"

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