1. Sofisticación Creciente de las Estafas de Phishing.
Las estafas de phishing que imitan a PayPal se han vuelto más convincentes, superando los filtros de spam y utilizando técnicas avanzadas para engañar a los usuarios.
- The number of phishing emails i receive mimicking paypal has increased quite a bit lately.
- Scam emails have broken through the spam filter.
- The paypal email looks authentic enough, but its just another attempt to steal your information.
- I got an extremely good phishing email purportedly from paypal saying theyd flagged an unauthorized bitcoin purchase.
2. Métodos Comunes Utilizados por los Estafadores.
Los estafadores emplean diversas tácticas, incluyendo solicitudes de dinero falsas, facturas fraudulentas y alertas de actividad sospechosa, a menudo relacionadas con compras de criptomonedas.
- Im getting a ton of these paypal money request scam emails as well.
- I am getting a lot of phony payment requests from paypal. This must be the newest internet scam.
- Ive been getting paypal money requests in the last 24 hours. Careful everyone. These paypal ones are phishing for certain.
- I just got a confirmation for my paypal purchase of a pricey handgun. The best that i can tell is its a phishing expedition.
- I just got an email that was a clear phishing scam. It was paypalconfirming that i bought bitcoin.
3. Recomendaciones para la Protección del Usuario.
Se aconseja a los usuarios verificar directamente cualquier comunicación sospechosa a través del sitio web oficial de PayPal, evitar hacer clic en enlaces o llamar a números proporcionados en correos electrónicos dudosos, y reportar cualquier actividad sospechosa a PayPal.
- Never follow links in emails. Never call the number listed in the email. The scams are getting worse. Be safe.
- Dont click on anything. Just delete.
- If they ask you to click a link, dont, just go directly to the website.
- If you get one, forward it to . Dont click the links, dont call the phone numbers.
- Forward the entire email to and delete it from your inbox.
- Log in directly and report it to stay alert and share to help others.
4. Explotación de Características Legítimas de PayPal.
Los estafadores están abusando de las funciones de solicitud de dinero y de invitación de desarrolladores de PayPal para enviar correos electrónicos de phishing que parecen provenir de direcciones oficiales de PayPal.
- Check out this phishing message i just got. Very sneakyi could have been easily fooled. They got it to send through paypal as a real, verified message by essentially making the email address for the recipient a forwarding account. Be on the lookout.
- Scammers are exploiting a flaw in paypals developer system that gives them control over the subject line in automated system emails, making it seem like fraud detection emails are actually coming from a verified service at paypal dot com account thats not my email address.
- Emails from titled youve got a money request are making the rounds. They include real paypal links and branding, but the payment request itself is fake.
- Scammers are using this paypal setting to take over your pc on smartnews l.smartnews.comp-j81zeajux.
- New scam detected just got an email from paypal with this as the headline and main content. I was thrown off by the authenticity of the sender but then i realized whats going on the whole damn thing is just a name and this is just some developer invitation email!
5. Impacto en Usuarios sin Cuenta PayPal y en la Tercera Edad.
Incluso aquellos que no tienen una cuenta de PayPal están recibiendo correos electrónicos de estafa, y se expresa preocupación por la vulnerabilidad de los ancianos ante estas tácticas engañosas.
- Wow, the amount of paypal scams in my inbox has really increased, even though i dont have a paypal account. Be careful, friends.
- To the scammers that keep sending me emails about my paypal account, i dont have paypal. So you can stop trying with those.
- Email scammers getting more elaborate by putting a docusign link at the top. Like i said earlier, its the elderly who might not know better that i worry about. I reported it to paypal.
- Yall, look out for the elderly. Scams mention owing money thats all it takes for them to react.
- My neighbor who is 88 received a bill from paypal. He sent them 100.00. He really didnt owe anything, but thought he may have forgotten a purchase. Scams abound. Still no help for us. Pat.