100 percent scam. The bits of info about you they got correct are from data mining public records or because some other company you have legitimately done business with either sold it or had a breach.Help a tech dummy, please? I got this email:
"DorethaZhang
From:[email protected]
ToMy name, which was correct)
Tue,Mar 25 at 12:06 PM
TransactionDate: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Transactionnumber: vsk6906zr95113wq
ContactHelpline: (848).800 5615
DearSally,
We’vereceived a request for a transaction on your PayPal account. Toensure your account security, please verify the transaction below.
TransactionInformation:
BitcoinAmount: 0.0069
Priceper BTC: 87,414.82
TotalAmount: USD 599.92
PaymentMethod: PayPal
TransactionID: 0ef96ec6b7c0588e0093d18370e584e8ed3172a69f3a2382c0880ea03732d113
RegisteredEmail: (They had the correct email)
Ifyou did not authorize this transaction, please contact us immediatelyat (848).800 5615.
Thisis an automated notification. Please do not reply.
PayPalInc. 2025 © All Rights Reserved."
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I do not have a Paypal account. I do not buy bitcoin. This is a phishing scam, right?
There were spaces where they aren't in this copy and paste, so I don't know what happened.
No, I did NOT call that number.
An easy and immediate tell on this one is that Paypal will never send you an email from a random gmail account.
You said you don't have a paypal account so you can just delete this. If you DID have one, you could always log in from another fresh browser tab (don't clink links) and check to see if there's an actual transaction linked to your account.
