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   Al Sweigart (alsweigart@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Mar-2025 05:54:00 JST Al Sweigart

   Huh. I got this email and it does seem to be sent by paypal, but the To field is not my email address or one I know. I checked my paypal account and there's nothing about this. Any idea how I got this email? I'm assuming it's a scam.

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     Al Sweigart (alsweigart@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Mar-2025 05:53:59 JST Al Sweigart

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     I figured out the scam and wrote it up here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Scams/comments/1j9u5wp/legit_signed_email_from_paypal_but_833_6662587_is/?

     Basically, they set up their merchant account with a merchant name that is literally, "If you do not recognize the seller, please contact.." hoping you don't notice all the other wrong details. But this does get them a legit email with a digital signature signed by the real paypal.com, which they forward to you.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 13-Mar-2025 05:53:59 JST Rich Felker

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     @AlSweigart Reddit AI slop automod deleted it.

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     Cadu Silva :verified: (cadusilva@bolha.one)'s status on Thursday, 13-Mar-2025 08:31:11 JST Cadu Silva :verified:

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     @AlSweigart I received some of these, I guess it's a scam to make people call the scammer to be scammed by them as this number is not from PayPal.

     The email is well crafted but as the transaction doesn't exist, you should safely ignore this or call PayPal using the number or contact form directly from paypal.com.