Payment to Coinbase Global, Inc

[kibblemom]

I received an email titled "You've sent a payment" which included the statement: "Your Payment was sent to Coinbase Global in exchange for 0.014 Bitcoin. Thank You for using PayPal to complete your purchase of $649.99. Please note that the transaction may take up to 72 hours to reflect on your bank statement." It listed PayPal Support at: [Removed. Phone #s not permitted]which is not in the typical US format and does not correspond to the number on the PayPal site, so I'm thinking this is a scam. There is nothing listed as recent or pending in my PayPal account corresponding to this purchase, which I definitely did not make. The return address is a gmail account. Has anyone else received something like this and do I need to be concerned for my PayPal account? There are no links to click and I obviously haven't called the phone number.

[Temp20240105A]

The Phishing Email had a Help Desk Phone Num[Removed. Phone #s not permitted] total **bleep**.  

[Cattussy]

The Phishing Email got smarter, now they only leave Help Desk Number. But they still don't know your account name or you real name so the first advice is still correct.

[NannyOggNZ]

This email is doing the rounds again (2024). Don't click anything, mark as spam and block.

[Jchae507]

I opened the attachment like a dummy. 😞

[Concerned999]

Me too, on 12 June 2024.   Robert

[HonestMechanic]

i just went through all this CRAP today moments before i had to leave for work, so i ended up calling the number on the so called fraudulent bill from PAYPAL Coinbase, and then their hackers got into my laptop and trashed it , COMPLETELY !.... i am hotter than you can imagine that PAYPAL iS ALLOWING THIS BEHAVIOR !!!!...I truly believe Paypal has something to do with this Bitcoin Bunch and I bet i'm Right folks !   I called Paypal and they acted like this crap never happens and like they never heard of this Coinbase Global bunch .... now because of all this i lost my laptop PLUS i have to get a new credit card from my bank because paypal APPARENTLY left them get my info to my Card !...    As customers we always get the Shaft while we let companies take advantage of us ... thanks PAYPAL !!!!

[kernowlass]

@HonestMechanic 

if you used the number in a spoof email then it has nothing to do with Paypal, you would have phoned a fake paypal customer services agent.

Paypal always say use the number ON their website and never in an email as per my ''solution'' already posted on this thread.

[Wungee]

.....but he said PayPal was saying they'd never heard of this issue, and that can't be right.

[Wungee]

PayPal says they've never HEARD of Coinbase Global?? Well, they're either lying or doing a terrible job at monitoring these messages boards! This issue has been reported off and on since January of 2021, I think! Something's fishy here.....

[SIM06]

Thank you for this info on the Coinbase spoof. I received it this morning and was skeptical from the start. Now I have confirmation its bogus.