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I got a call earlier, someone asking about my life insurance. When I tried to find out where they got my number from, they just hung up on me.

Honestly, I'd avoid Pay Pal altogether - they really need to step up and improve their service.

Got an email about an unauthorised payment from PayPal but the phone number they gave is a total scam. Don’t call it! Just log into your actual PayPal account directly to check if there’s anything suspicious, but whatever you do, don’t approve anything from that email. Stay safe!

I just received an email that said it was from PayPal, but I’ve never even signed up with PayPal on this email account, so it’s definitely dodgy. The message said something like “You’ve made a payment of £899.99 to ESET NOD32.” It also told me to call +44-800-058-4174 if I didn’t authorise the transaction. Total scam, no doubt about it.

Some muppets pretending to be from PayPal were trying to nick a big chunk of cash from my PayPal balance. Total scam attempt!

I got about twelve messages from someone called ‘Nena Thompson’ through PayPal, asking me to pay £899 for some Bitdefender thing. They gave this number for ‘customer suport’ too. All the payment requests showed up on my account but then suddenly disappeared.

Got an email pretending I needed to approve a payment, but it was a total scam. You either a) click on "pay now" and risk getting your details stolen or your device infected with malware just before Christmas, or b) ring the phoney number and they’ll try to grab your personal info for future scams. Best thing is to just delete the message and avoid clicking any links. Then, sign into your PayPal account directly and report the scam since the email was supposedly from their service. These scammers want to use your info to create fake accounts and cause all sorts of trouble. Don’t even think about calling that number!

I got nine separate charges today for £899.99 all under the name Mary Easterling linked to this number. Just a heads up - never click links in emails to log into your account. Always go straight through the official website in your browser. Definitely report this as fraudulent to Paypal if you spot anything odd.

I got caught up in this scam as well, it seemed pretty legit with texts popping up asking me to confirm card charges. I ended up reporting it to Barclaycard. At first, I rang the number thinking it was real, and the person on the other end already had loads of my info. When they tried to get details on other cards I don’t use with Paypal, I didn’t give anything away. Then Barclaycard sent me a message to verify a payment, and the guy said I needed to do it to help sort out the fraud. I told him I’d deal with the bank instead, and that’s when he just hung up.

Some guy from India pretending to be PayPal called me, trying to rush me into handing over my card details and those last 3 digits, claiming there were big pending PayPal charges. Don’t fall for it! Always ring PayPal using the phone number from their official site. They attempted to take £899 from me about 10 times and then sent a message through the PayPal app telling me to contact this dodgy number. They’re just fishing for your info. If you accidentally shared anything, contact your bank straight away.

Got a dodgy email supposedly from PayPal saying "LINDA SYKES" wants me to approve a payment of £899.99. Definitely a scam!

Got a supposed “official” message from someone called “Joseph Currell” through Paypal asking me for £899 about Bitdefender, and they gave this number as their ‘customer support’. Since it was the first time I got a “Paypal scam” kinda thing on my account, I reached out to Paypal and spoke with Danni who was really helpful. She showed me how to cancel the payment request and it’s all sorted now. Joseph Currell, you’re a proper nightmare!!!!!!!!!!

Got 8 emails from PayPal all saying the same thing, with this number attached - posted below. The emails look legit, like they're really from PayPal, but I reckon this is a scam try. "Patricia Days has asked you for money NOTE FROM Patricia Days: You've made a payment of £899.99 GBP to Bit Defender LLC. If you didn't authorise this, get in touch with Customer Support on +44-800-058-4144"

Got an email supposedly from Paypal with the name "Krystal Cleveland" on it. It said I'd paid £899.99 to Bit Defender LLC, but I didn't send anything. The message told me to ring customer support at +44-800-058-4144 if it wasn’t me who did it. Felt a bit dodgy to me.

Got about 11 emails from Paypal saying Leigh Grant asked for money, Then another saying "You just sent £899.99 GBP to Bit Defender LLC. If you didn’t do it, call our support on +44-800-058-4144" Had a look at my Paypal and all those requests were there. Ended up cancelling every single request and reported it to Paypal straight away.

Just like others have said, I got an email about a Paypal money request from someone named Jocelyn S Jameson saying, "You’ve Sent a Payment of £899.99 GBP to Bit Defender LLC." What freaked me out was the phone number in the email (+44-800-058-4144) is actually the real Paypal customer service number listed on their website. How could scammers possibly spoof that? I gave the number a ring and spoke to a guy from India who seemed to know a lot of legit info, so he might’ve truly been a Paypal rep. Still, I was pretty wary and didn’t give out any extra details he asked for. I logged in to my account myself, changed my password and security questions, and naturally declined the payment request. Maybe the email and call really were from Paypal and the scammer’s trick was just trying to get me to approve the payment without thinking. But the whole thing felt kind of odd. Maybe we’re all getting a bit too suspicious these days, but honestly, it’s better to be safe than sorry.

Don’t bother ringing this number, it’s got nothing to do with PayPal. I received a dodgy message asking me to pay £899.99 to Bit Defender LLC, obviously a scam. I’ve already stopped the payment and reported it through PayPal’s help chat.

This number isnt actually Paypal's customer support. It shows up in the payment message, so when you highlight it in the email or on the app's payment screen, it kinda looks like a legit phone contact. It's a pretty sneaky trick, I must admit. But thankfully, the huge amount they're asking for usually tips people off that it's dodgy.

Got a call from some bloke claiming I’d shelled out £899.99 to Bitdefender - total scam alert. Some Indian guy picked up when I called back. I kept ringing them over 50 times, asking if they did curry delivery and whether I could borrow an elephant! Now the number’s gone dead. Fingers crossed they’re not ripping anyone else off anymore.

Classic PayPal scam, honestly what a muppet. Probably would've worked better if they asked for £8.99 instead of a massive £899.00. Just like the usual ones, but this time it’s somebody called Jerry Brown. Just log into your PayPal, cancel the payments, and block the sender. If anyone knows a way to flood their email with tons of messages, that’d be brilliant.