"Paypal" scammers heads up

amandstu

Just got a call from someone claiming to be "from paypal" saying there had been "suspicious activity" on my account.

Hung up when I tried to find out who they really were with the "mother fuccer"abuse.

Their number was.. (actually not sure .Can't seem to find it on the call log-almost gave the number of a friend by mistake)

Asked was the last time I had a transaction.

Should I report it to Paypal or do we just need a bit of cop on (I had to take over phone from the actual person they were ringing as it looked like she might have given them some information as she doesn't know how to be firm with people)

Edit a friend of mine lost thousands to a similar Revolut scam that was highlighted on RTE I think a year or so back.

You can be caught so easily by these scummy scammers.

Strumms

those calls are going on a few years now. Certainly pre pandemic when I got my first….from research I did it’s apparently Nigerian crime syndicates who are behind it.

amandstu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123191881#Comment_123191881

The accent of the nice woman who swore at me sounded East European to me(if that means anything - "money doesn't talk it swears " as they say)

mondeoman72

Dont bother reporting it to anyone. They know already but they cannot stop them as they are using spoofing numbers and the internet. They make thousands of calls and all they need is just a few people to fall for it and they are quids in.

It has been going on for years now in one form or another. My mother in law got a call about her hubby John's subscription for something. He's dead 15 years.

amandstu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123191944#Comment_123191944

No I didn't really imagine there was any point in reporting it.(have done so in the past to AIB -think they reset my account and nothing was taken

I wonder if I could have played along a bit more savvily and got information as to who they were.

They were very quick to put the phone down and abuse me when I went after their credentials.Maybe someone cuter than me might have got something (something reportable) out of them before they hung up.

mondeoman72

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123191993#Comment_123191993

I used to do money transfer in a business. "Support" rang me and told me to do this and that, download teamviewer, etc etc. I messed them about big time "which key is the @ key", stupid stuff like that. Then after getting bored, told them to fu£k off. Same with the amazon scam calls. Mess them around and then laugh and hang up.

It really is a waste of time though, they just move on to someone else.