TRANSACTION HELP!! PLEASE - $1000 PAYMENT REQUEST FROM PAYPAL

[SammJ]

I had someone send me a payment but we both received an email from PayPal saying they needed to also send $1000 to increase my account to a business account to accept and now I have to refund it back and show proof but no funds are showing in my account so how can I refund something that's not there?

[ilkwatches]

You are finding out what the rest of the "Community" is experiencing. PayPal is "dodging" the numerous claims that are now "flooding" in! They just "cancelled" my latest submission claiming they couldn't find the message I was responding to! PayPal has two deceptive practices for dealing with your claims. 1.) They make the issue so complicated that you give up. 2.) They put your account on a 180 day hold so that there's nothing you can do to resolve the issue! I've reported their "fraud" to my bank and they're even avoiding them by claiming "privacy" issues. Meanwhile, I'm left hanging with a $2500 hole in my bank account! My advice, listen to the "Community," cut your ties with Paypal now!

[Snowie882]

I had a PayPal email invoice saying £534 would be deducted from my account as it was accessed illegally and it needs payment..and I need to ring them right away.. First thing I noticed the name on the invoice was ANNI [removed]..I did a scroll shot of the email and sent it to PayPal agent after doing a search of transactions with activity page and checking with the PayPal message bot..hope noone else is getting these..please DON'T PAY ANYTHING OR RING until you have spoken to PayPal..it even says at the bottom of the email to contact them if still not sure as PayPal would never as you to ring them on an invoice or txt them..

[vionette]

I just received 2 emails with the same name ANNI [removed]

[PayPal_Olivia · Accepted solution]

Hi @SammJ, @Snowie882, and @vionette,

Thank you for your posts and welcome to the PayPal Community Forum! I'm sorry to hear that you all received fraudulent emails. To learn how to differentiate a fake email from a real one, please take a look at this article. It's a US article but the information applies regardless of the country in which you live. 

There's also the possibility that a fraudster could send you an invoice with false information in the description. PayPal is working on cracking down on these as they are found, but if you ever receive one, disregard it and don't click to pay the invoice and don't call the number in the description.

I hope this information helps prevent any confusion that would result in further loss.

Olivia

[Vonny5]

I had same email, from Annie, ignored first one. Just had 2more today from same Annie this time saying i need to pay £600. Ignoring these as well.

[itslinee]

I’ve received two now one today, one last week, different ‘people’ both requesting $450. I set my account so that no one can find me but they obviously still can!