PayPal Scam Getting Worse?

Caller ID said PAYPAL.. Grrrrrrr

[LostOne]

We are a two person operation so I see the caller ID all the time. It said "PAYPAL" and I was ready to leap knowing it must be another scam version. Afterall why am I getting a direct call from paypal I thought? I had an account three years ago but never used it. All the information they had was in my personal name and not my business that didn't even exist at the time. Now they want to speak to the owner of widgets.com I'm told.

Well, I didn't pick up the phone....somebody beat me to it, thinking she could handle it. Oh geez I gotta stop her quick was my thinking. I yelled saying "hang up on the #*$!s, it has to be a scam"

Legitimate or not? It may say PAYPAL but how easy is it to set up a business with a caller ID saying that?

Be careful out there. I'm really getting sick of these pfishing scams.

EDIT- byline should read:

Caller ID said PAYPAL.. Grrrrrrr

[HRoth]

Paypal actually does call and they actually think that people are going to discuss their accounts with them when they do. They have called me three times. And it has actually been about "security."

[LostOne]

"Paypal actually does call and they actually think that people are going to discuss their accounts with them when they do. They have called me three times. And it has actually been about "security."

I was ready to really RIP into these people BIG TIME. BUT...we don't have an account with them. So what is this? A sales call? Kiss by bah-hottie folks. Regardless of what it is..it's a scam nontheless IMO.

[Staffa]

I don't know if yours was a real or fake call but there is just an article out today about "Technology Facilitates Caller ID Spoofing"
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[jsinger]

I started a thread here on caller ID spoofing not long ago:

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[ispy]

Thats hilarious, Paypal has become synonimous with fraud. I now not only run when I am contacted by email from Paypal, but I am also suspicious of merchants who accept Paypal as well. I used to do business with a small manufacturer who only used Paypal. This seemed weird from the getgo but I gave them the benefit of the doubt as long as people received their items and there were no problems (they were being drop shipped). After awhile we started getting all these problems and figured out that people were not getting what was pictured on the internet but very sloppily done half ass representations of them if you even want to call it that, with the resulting chargebacks of course. We thought they were just grumpy customers until some understanding ones started sending pictures to us. I'm pretty certain that they were unable to get a merchant account because of past problems probably their merchant account had been closed due to problems, so they were functioning with the only thing they had left which was available, Paypal. I guess there are some legitimate users like young businesses, auctions etc., but I look for reasons why people are using Paypal and dont usually fing any positive reasons.

[Harry]

So if I get this, Paypal is responsible for fraudsters using and smearing its name to con people?

City Bank, and a whole lot of banks are used by a whole number of other spammers and frauds. Should I stop doing business with everybody with a City Bank account, if I follow your logic?

Paypal is a tool. If you determine that Paypal merchants are all frauds, then what are you doing at Webmaster World? They use Paypal too.