Caller: (03) 9000 3421

Received SMS (0407 545 236) 2 days ago claiming my PayPal account had been referred to ARL for further action ... didn't go to the website link or call as I don't have a PayPal account.
Received call from (03) 9000 3421 today and Indian guy called me by first name and said he was from ARL on behalf of PayPal. I told him I didn't have a PayPal account, but thanks for trying to scam me. His only reply was 'Oh'. PLEASE REMEMBER T NOT PROVIDE ANY PERSONAL DETAILS OVER THE PHONE TO SOMEONE WHO CALLS YOU. They can mask a real phone number.

Caller: I don't know

Ill never know who it is if they hang up immediately after it starts to ring

Information phishing scam

PayPal scam. They asked me to return the call at 1300 303 849 and provide a call reference number that they left on the voicemail. I did as I was curious to see what they would do. A male with an Indian accent told me I had an outstanding debt on my PayPal account (which was not true, I checked it prior to calling them). When I said I didn't have an outstanding debt, he tried to get my details to verify who he was speaking to, when I said they must know that as they had my number, used my name, and gave me a call reference number only 5 minutes before, he got flustered. I hung up. They haven't bothered to contact me again about this apparent outstanding debt.

Introduced themselves as “ARL on behalf of PayPal”
They asked to confirm my Full Name, DOB, and Address to verify my identity.

SCAM CALL

Caller: 039003421

Scam call

Caller: Claimed to be from ARL Collections

Just for the hell of it I called the number. Didn't reveal too much info to them. Indian sounding voice. He um'ed and ahh'ed as he mumbled that he was looking for my account which I had given no info. I said I had no recollection of having dealt with ARL. I also said that I had put the 09 900 3421 number into Google and it came up as a scam so out of interest I was just ringing to see what the scam was. He said that maybe I should not be ringing the number then. I then said that the scam info said that it was claiming to be associated with PayPal and he chuckled and said "on well you do know something about it then" and then he wished me a good day.

Caller: Scammer

This person saying it’s not a scam is obviously part of it.

Caller: No idea

Rang once and hung up. Wasting peoples time.

Caller: Illegible Indian accent.. made out ARL

Im in the habit now of immediately looking up numbers on Google to see if they are legit so good luck scammers! I never answer my phone unless its a known number and I block all suspicious numbers. So, if you're a scammer then get used to gutter you crawled from!

Rang, but hung up after one ring

scammers calling daily, i checked paypal balance and its 0 so i dont owe a thing. scam scam scam. just happen to sound like an overseas call centre.....if its an aussie company, why isnt one phone call local??

Send an email if it's legitimate

called and hung up in less than one ring. If its a scam, who cares. If it legit then they are scamming the system to say they called when they didnt

Another call and hung up immediately

Numerous calls and hangs up when I answer every time

Caller: (03) 9000 3421

This is not a scam. This is a legitimate Australian debt collection agency. I called Paypal directly and they confirmed that it is their Australian debt collection agency, however their was no outstanding amount against my account. The likely cause was someone has fraudulently created another account in my name and racked up debts. I contacted the debt collection company and we worked out that only my name and phone number matched. My address, birthday and email did not match their records which confirmed this was not me. The case has been closed. Be diligent, but call PayPal first for their feedback.

Caller: ARL Collect

2 phone calls as it looked and came up scam
But it is actually a debt collector on behalf of Paypal i dont even think i used my paypal account since that 1st transaction in 2018?
I had over $1300 AUD put into my account then withdrawn into an American account
They have left -$180 i am in the process of getting this wiped and the account closed
How the hell can a company have so many hackers

Caller: ARL

For all the people who are mentioning the Indian accents - not ever working foreigner is a scammer. This number called me and I confirmed with PayPal directly that it is legitimate due to an unknown negative balance on my account. I did receive emails but they were flagged as spam / scammers. When i contacted them, the man I got on the other end was lovely and very informative. He too had a strong Indian accent. Caucasians/Westerners have tried to scam me plenty and they do it better and with far more ease due to them not being instantly looked at as a scam artist.

Caller: ARL COLLECTIONS DOCKLANDS MELBOURNE

This is definitely PayPals customer service collection agency. I called PayPal directly to confirm that this was legitimate and confirmed with them which details I would hand over before settling the $36.03c that I didn't think I actually owed due to them being flagged as scammers. I used my virtual card as everyone always should as the details change every 24 hours and I just blocked card use until those details change. It's a shame we have to go to these lengths just to make a payment but it's just our reality unfortunately so just keep educating yourselves on how to stay protected!