"Pretending to be from Paypal. My actual balance is Β£0"
Paypal calls
37 community reports tagged Paypal across 32 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Paypal are steady: 0 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 0.5 reports a week.
When people report it
Wednesday is the busiest day for these reports, and 49% are filed in the afternoon (12pm to 6pm). 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 32 different numbers. 2 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 20 · 54%
- Suspicious 17 · 46%
- 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 2
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Morning 6am to 12pm 12
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 18
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Evening 6pm to 12am 5
Latest reports
"Told me a large amount of money was attempted on my Halifax account to pay pal Uk. But I only have ISAβs (savings accounts) with Halifax."
"Pressured me to act fast - indicated it was Paypal"
"Claimed to be from Paypal"
"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 didnβt 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 Iβm. 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."
"Paypal scam"
"PayPal impersonation scam"
"Paypal impersonation"
"Reportedly Paypal - scammer trying to get me to approve a transaction that apparently they were trying to refund!!! you couldn't make it up"
"They claimed to be from a company - said there was a suspicious payment on paypal"
"Automated/robocall Paypal"
"Pretended to be from PayPal and Asked for personal info"
"Felt pressured to act asking me have I made a transaction to pay pal"
"Something didn't feel right , they asked me to confirm a payment i'd made on PayPal by answering yes or no to a payment made with card ending in the same 4 digits a my credit card."
"Said PayPal Β£600 was spent."
"Saying someone had used my PayPal account"
"Recorded message supposedly from PAYPAL saying someone had tried to spend Β£600 from my account and to press option 1. I hung up"
"Spoofed for a fake PayPal message scam."