Have I just been scammed (Paypal)

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Have I just been scammed (Paypal)

Post by Caballo » Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:36 pm

Just had a PayPal payment flash up on my phone to say I'd paid someone £401 for something, I haven't. Tried going on my paypal app and cant log in, tried to get a new password and its says no account associated with my email address.
Checked my internet banking , no withdrawals or pending transactions. Have I been done or is PayPal having issues?

Anyone got any ideas?

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Re: Have I just been scammed (Paypal)

Post by Devils_Advocate » Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:46 pm

Are you sure its not an error 401 rather than £401. Think 401 is a known paypal error so id google that first and see if thats the issue
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Re: Have I just been scammed (Paypal)

Post by claretdj » Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:48 pm

Ring them. 0800 358 9448 hopefully they answer asap..
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Re: Have I just been scammed (Paypal)

Post by Caballo » Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:50 pm

Devils_Advocate wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:46 pm
Are you sure its not an error 401 rather than £401. Think 401 is a known paypal error so id google that first and see if thats the issue
Just trying to find my notifications log but as a luddite is proving more difficult than I thought

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Re: Have I just been scammed (Paypal)

Post by Bosscat » Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:54 pm

Caballo wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:36 pm
Just had a PayPal payment flash up on my phone to say I'd paid someone £401 for something, I haven't. Tried going on my paypal app and cant log in, tried to get a new password and its says no account associated with my email address.
Checked my internet banking , no withdrawals or pending transactions. Have I been done or is PayPal having issues?

Anyone got any ideas?
Just logged into paypal no problem .... looks like might have been hacked .... but is it some sort of scam like the phone calls about £600 going out of your mastercard account....

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Re: Have I just been scammed (Paypal)

Post by HunterST_BFC » Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:57 pm

claretdj wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:48 pm
Ring them. 0800 358 9448 hopefully they answer asap..
There support center (in Ireland) are great with any issue.
Usually very fast but these are strange times.
Give them a call asap

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