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unsolicited goods through fraudulent activity

halfdan69 · 2020-06-05 17:12:32

My son received a text message out-of-the-blue from PayPal informing him that they had initiated a block on his account due to security reasons. When he checked his PayPal account he discovered that a payment had been made for an Iphone using the payment card linked to his PayPal account. He immediately contacted PayPal…

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bris Posts: 10,548 Forumite

7 June 2020 at 9:15PM

It could also be the son scamming a new phone from Paypal (devils advocate). Paypal is often a target from scammers and account holders so anything is possible.

Never heard of a hacked account getting items delivered to the account holder name and all so it a but suspect but one things for sure, its not unsolicitated goods so no, its not a freebie.

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