"Claimed to be from Paypal"
Paypal calls
8 community reports tagged Paypal across 8 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Paypal are steady: 0 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 1 report a week.
When people report it
Tuesday is the busiest day for these reports, and 50% are filed in the morning (6am to 12pm). Times are when the report was submitted, which is usually soon after the call.
Verdict
100% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious.
Numbers used
Reports tagged Paypal cover 8 different numbers. 4 of them were first reported in the last 30 days, so a number you have not seen before can still be part of the same pattern.
Reports over time
Reports per day over the last 30 days. Reports per week over the last 12 weeks. Red weeks had at least double the usual volume. Reports per month over the last year.
How people rate these calls
- Spam 3 · 38%
- Suspicious 5 · 63%
- Unknown 0 · 0%
- Safe 0 · 0%
Busiest days
All reports by the day they were submitted.
Time of day
When reports are submitted, UK time.
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Night 12am to 6am 0
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Morning 6am to 12pm 4
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 4
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Evening 6pm to 12am 0
Latest reports
"Claimed someone was purchasing bitcoin with my PayPal account, was not happy when I said I'd call PayPal support myself. Common scam"
"They claimed to be from a company Messaged advising they had a western union request for monies to be transferred. Number provided to contact if I didn’t recognise the request. The number advised to ring is 01226822032"
"They claimed to be from Paypal Fraud. They knew my name, I hung up within 1 minute they did not call back"
"Asked for personal info .said was from Pay Pal. Said had unwarranted payments but I’m. It with PayPal"
"Stated they were calling from PayPal customer support regarding a transaction for cripto currency 788 euros."
"Paypal scammer (AI bot)"
"claiming to be paypal wanting account details for a large payment that was just made."