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On the 2nd of Feb, 2023, I noticed a charge for 749.99 claiming to be from PayPal - it's definitely one of those scams again.

I received a phone call claiming they'd taken £800 from my PayPal account.

I got a message from someone called David Eland asking for £749.99 for Waterstones Gift Cards through my PayPal. Looks dodgy to me. I’m gonna report it to PayPal and send them the email too.

Got an email from someone called Charlene Boston saying there was FRAUD on my account and that £749.99 was taken for Waterstones Gift Cards. It freaked me out but I quickly rang the number +44-800-368-1827 they gave and cancelled the whole thing before any money went through. Blocked it straight away too.

I got that exact ask too, so I went ahead and cancelled it then asked them to just refund the money instead haha.

Yeah, I had one too from a Derrick Johnson. I just logged onto PayPal and cancelled the whole thing.

Just got a call claiming to be from PayPal, but I checked my account and there’s no record of anything suspicious. Definitely looks like a scam.

I got a PayPal request for payment that seemed off: Name: Maritza Cantu Date: 3rd December 2022 - Cancelled - Request received Amount: £698.00 GBP Sender: Maritza Cantu Email: [email protected] Transaction ID: U-5GW57411AS268113H The message said: Warning: FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY DETECTED IN YOUR ACCOUNT, £749.99 GBP DEBITED FOR Waterstones Gift Vouchers. IF THIS WASN'T YOU PLEASE CONTACT US RIGHT AWAY ON +44-800-368-1827 Requested amount: £698.00 GBP Total due: £698.00 GBP Please watch out because this looks like a sneaky scam meant to trick people. I reported it to PayPal but it seems they’re using various names and probably different emails too. If anyone gets caught by this type of scam, I'd recommend getting in touch with PayPal straight away to get the payment reversed. They should have measures in place like banks to protect users from fraud and scammers, and if this keeps happening through their platform, they really ought to take responsibility for it.

Got a call claiming to be from PayPal asking me to call a number about a payment. The number wasn’t actually PayPal’s though. The payment alert did appear on my PayPal when I checked, but it’s easy to cancel it straight from the website or by phoning PayPal themselves. Never call the number they give you in these calls, they just try to get your bank info by asking loads of questions. Beware, it’s a scam.

I got an email that looked just like a Paypal scam from someone named Bove Desiree, asking for £749.99 about some Waterstone Gift Vouchers. I’ve since sent it over to [email protected] to report it.

Got an email off someone named "Kelli Saddler" claiming I owed £749.99 for "Waterstone Gift Vouchers". They wanted me to ring this number if I wasn’t involved, which I definitely wasn’t! I didn’t respond, just sent it straight over to [email protected] for them to deal with.

Got a message just now about a £749.99 request supposedly from PayPal. Thing is, I don’t even have a PayPal account!

Got the exact same email and decided to ring the number. The bloke on the other end started asking me all sorts of personal questions, which I wasn’t comfortable with so I just told him to jog on. I ended up reporting it straight to Paypal.

Just got an email and a PayPal request asking for £749.99 from someone called Kirsti Hollis. It looked pretty legit at first, but I sent it straight to PayPal to check. Someone mentioned before it’s really well done, so don’t get tricked by it!

Just got an email supposedly from PayPal saying there's a cash withdrawal from my account - £749.99 for Waterstones vouchers, from someone called Joseph Sanders. They said it was fraud and told me to call +44-800-368-1827 immediately if I didn’t authorise it. Thought it looked dodgy, so I cancelled it online straight away and sent a report to [email protected]. Pretty sure it was a scam but better safe than sorry!

Just got a request for money from someone called Katherine Reed, claiming there's been suspicious activity on my account. The message said £749.99 was taken out for Waterstones gift cards and if it wasn’t me, I should call them straight away on +44-800-368-1827. The transaction supposedly happened on 3rd December 2022, with an ID of U-82F582407M625761H. Looks dodgy to me!

Just got a message from someone called Katherine Reed asking for money. She said: "ALERT! FRAUDULENT CHARGES ON YOUR ACCOUNT. £749.99 HAS BEEN TAKEN FOR Waterstones Gift Cards. IF THIS IS NOT YOU, CONTACT US RIGHT AWAY @ +44-800-368-1827." The request was for £749.99 and happened on 3rd December 2022. Transaction ID is U-0LD21612LU949525K. Sounds dodgy to me!

Katherine Reed has tried to send a payment request to you. Message from Katherine Reed: ALERT: Suspicious transactions noticed on your account. A purchase of Waterstones Gift Cards for £749.99 GBP was taken without authorisation. Please get in touch straight away if this wasn’t made by you at +44-800-368-1827. Request info: Transaction ID: U-1W608974GW683910C Date of transaction: 3rd December 2022 Amount asked for: £749.99 GBP

I got a message from Saylor Debra saying there’s been some suspicious activity on my account. Apparently, £749.99 was taken out for Waterstones gift cards or something. The note warned me if I didn’t make that purchase, I should call them straight away on +44-800-260-6943. Bit worried about it, thought I’d check here if anyone else got something like this?

I've been hit by that same "PayPal" con everyone's talking about - something about a £749.99 Watersons gift card spend. A while back I got a very similar email, not from the same number though, and it mentioned a different PayPal transaction, but the amount and the scam were identical to what others described. What's odd is, I barely use my UK credit card and these dodgy emails showed up right after I made two genuine purchases: one with EasyJet and another through Ticketmaster. This summer, I also got stung by fraud on another credit card that's not UK-based. After booking loads of stays on Booking.com, which is Dutch-based, someone used my card for Uber rides in India, but the charges came through Uber Netherlands. Makes me think maybe some of these companies have leaked data or there's a crooked insider somewhere.

Just had the exact PayPal con mentioned earlier, I quickly cancelled it through the website. They really know how to word these things, watch out!

I got 4 emails at once, all at the exact same moment. I didn’t call the number or click any links, just logged into my PayPal. Turns out there were 4 payment requests from someone called Wyndie Moomaw, each for £749.99. I quickly cancelled every request then searched the number here to see if it was fishy.

If you want, you can keep ringing them from a blocked number to mess up their scam, and it's free here in the UK.

I got a call that felt like a scam, but it showed up linked to my PayPal somehow. They wanted my mum’s maiden name, which I gave, but then tried to get my debit card details - didn’t share those though. The bloke’s name was ‘Michael’ or so he said, but didn’t really sound like one. Told me to ring back. The suspicious activity’s still popping up on my PayPal. Proper odd situation.

Someone mentioned before that these people are using a PayPal account that's been hacked to send payment requests to loads of random emails. They don't bother checking if those emails actually belong to real accounts. Best thing to do is either cancel the request if you can, or just ignore it altogether.

I got one too, but it was from someone named Kristina Ellingsen.

Got the identical message like loads of other folks seem to be gettin' as well.

I got caught out by this and I’m kicking myself. PayPal’s customer service is shut for the day, so I’m stuck waiting until tomorrow to sort it out.

Got a bunch of emails and checked my account, saw four payment asks from some Sue Moosdorf. I quickly cancelled them all and got in touch with PayPal using their official phone number to report it.