Receiving invoice: PayPal E-mail Scam

 This post involves a PayPal e-mail scam involving receiving an invoice for payment. (Images below)

*Updated  (Nov. 29th, 2022) with additional photo. Same invoice amount ($399.99) but different name.

*2nd Update (Dec. 1st, 2022) with additional photos. Different invoice amount ($599.99) different name (again). 

See latest photos at the bottom.

I've highlighted Suspect information in yellow in some pictures.

You'll notice at the top, that the email does say in has been verified by Yahoo's e-mail service. It provides an invoice number and the sender has a common name. 

The format and PayPal logo images in the e-mail are designed very well.

It gives you payment options. 

It gives you a link to make those payment options.

However some red flags that you'll find and to be aware of in the e-mail are:

1. Yahoo has shown a verified sender, however, it does caution us to mark it as spam.

2. The e-mail recipients domain seems to come across as a store transaction (PixelStore398)??  What is this?

3. Is this your personal e-mail address? Do you have a store?

4. In the footer of the e-mail it lets you know that this may be suspicious activity. 

5. It gives you an option with phone number, if not you will be charged.

2. You'll notice the e-mail address in the yellow circled area that it's addressing a specific email address and not a specific person.

        Some takeaways from this are: 

•             Is this your Yahoo email address?
•             Shouldn't it show your Yahoo user name instead of an email address? Or both?
•             Do you know an Amy Johnson? 
•             Did you recently make a transaction via PayPal?

Receiving invoice: PayPal E-mail Scam

Receiving invoice: PayPal E-mail Scam

Receiving invoice: PayPal E-mail Scam

Receiving Invoice: PayPal Email Scam

                                    

Fictitious PayPal Email 

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PayPal Email Scam with Phone Number

PayPal Email Scam with transaction ID