Suspicious deposits concerning

[dandyrulz]

Has anyone else received $5 payments from CB Neptune Holdings, LLC? I have four of these deposits in my recent account activity but have no idea who this is or why they would be depositing money into my account. Is this some type of a scam or hack? I have changed my password since this happened.

[JediTracey]

I contacted Vons ( Safeway ) and they verified that I had no purchases that were entitled to rebates and that it was fraud/scam. Be careful!

[Asburys]

Neptune send a request asking if I wanted a refund put in my PayPal. I opted “YES” and they did the rest. To be honest. I thought they were charges at first and got suspicious. Looks like it’s legitimate a less that’s the bait and I get hacked later. I hope this helps.

[sfrugrats33]

I've gotten $3.00 deposits. I've contacted paypal but they don't see anything suspicious. It's happened before in the past, and they just disappear. Not happy with the CS of Paypal atm. I don't belong to anything that would automatically give me refunds.

[PBC4]

I was confused also, but reading the response about Safeway, I remembered a rebate at Albertsons as a digital app deal, a long time ago that said it would be redeemed via PayPal. (Albertsons owns Safeway. Soon to be owned by Kroger.)

[sayvjo]

There is nothing suspicious about this activity no need to worry. It is a rebate if you use digital coupons on grocery store apps like Safeway kroger etc usually in the beer and wine section you click on rebates as a coupon so when you buy that type of beer or wine you are sent a rebate through PayPal I receive these often.

[Debralparker82]

How do I get the money from PayPal?

[alanapar]

I recently signed up for Safeway rewards. They offer rewards for some alcohol items, such as beer, but instead of subtracting the reward amount from your checkout total, the reward amount is sent to your PayPal account, which has to have the same email address as used with your Safeway rewards account. Apparently your email is the only thing needed to enable this deposit to your PayPal account.

I asked why this was done, and the explanation I was given by Safeway was that Washington State (which is where I live) prohibits "rewards" for alcohol items being subtracted from the checkout total. The store can legally discount alcohol items at the time of sale, but they can't give a "reward" for them. The work-around is to send the reward amount to PayPal, which is where "CB Neptune Holdings, LLC" gets involved, as the sender of record.

Don't ask me why WA law forces (yet apparently allows) this convoluted arrangement!