The person was intimidated me by SMS to me that :

PayPal: Due to Australian regulation, you cannot use or withdraw funds until your identity is verified. Log into your PayPal account on desktop and action urgently.

Caller: Allegedly Paypal

Sent this text:

“ PayPal: Due to Australian regulation, you cannot use or withdraw funds until your identity is verified. Log into your PayPal account on desktop and action urgently.”

Seems suspicious considering I don’t have any funds currently so why would it be urgent? I’ve also been using the funds from my PayPal previous to this text message with no issue. Definitely seems suspicious and a scam

Aparently from PayPal: Due to Australian regulation, you cannot use or withdraw funds until your identity is verified. Log into your PayPal account on desktop and action urgently.

I Believe it is a scam! Been with PayPal for years an never received this before. Nothing changed with my account.

Caller: 0458 729 725

PayPal: Due to Australian regulation, you cannot use or withdraw funds until your identity is verfied. Log into your Paypal account on desktop and action urgently.

definitely a SCAM !!!!!!!!!!!!

Caller: from mobile 0458 729 725

Claiming to be Pay Pal

Caller: Claimed to be paypal

I don't have an active paypal account.. so this is suspicious to me asking for a verification code.

safe, PayPal authentication

Caller: Paypal

This is the Paypal SMS number. If you send money to a friend using Paypal directly or pay for something using Paypal directly then a SMS comes to your phone saying you sent x-dollars to x-person.
Pay attention to your **actual** activities people. If you sent money via paypal then everything is fine. If you DIDN'T send money then someone is trying to scam you using the same phone number.
A little bit of common sense and thinking goes a long way....

PayPal number has been duplicated to be used for scam
Using phishing link like this one sent to me so don’t click the link.
PayPal: You've got a new payment request. Pay at https://py.pl/55LlVUvc2yE 森中​崇允 has requested $13.00 USD.

Just got two text messages giving me a code number for for my zip pay
I don’t have zip pay

Caller: 0458 729 725

Yeah, for sure, it's Paypal - so how come when you try to ring the number back it's 'disconnected'?

Caller: 0458 729 725

Received a barrage of SMS messages from this number, literally one after the other, giving Paypal 'Security codes' that would expire within ten minutes. I immediately contacted Paypal, and they said it is a scam. If you try to call the number, you get a polite message saying that it's disconnected.

Caller: This is PayPal!!! all others lie this is NOT SPAM!!!!

this is a message from Paypal aimed at protecting you - it states what you just transferred from your account - if it's not you, the two steps verification will save you a lot of money! the Hackers wants you to ignore this, but this is a very important text aimed at updating you on money transferred from your account - be alert to this one.

No it's definitely scammers, i got an email this morning then a text to my mobile later today and I replied the text who's this, I got no reply back.

I received a message on my phone that I needed to pay $10 to someone I knew about. I paid the $10 via my IPad and my standard PayPal website.Then, 10 minutes later, I clicked the phone SMS message, It said “this has already been paid”. If it was a scam site it would have attempted to collect twice.

Caller: SMS

Scam, do not replay or answer anything.

Caller: it's legit

Whenever i make purchases from a new vendor Paypal is unaware of, I get this SMS confirmation from this number with exact amount I spent. E.g. Did you spend XXX from vendor XXX, press 1 for Yes, press 2 for no.

It is spam. I received this sms and I don’t have paypal.

It's now February 2020 and I received an SMS from this number. Looks like it's back in action. The message read as follows:

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PayPal Fraud Alert: Are you trying to pay $0.00 AUD? If yes, reply 1. If no, reply 2. Msg & Data rates apply.
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It's is definetly a scam. Paypal would not manage security via SMS, they notify via email and then manage via their secure site. DO NOT REPLY!!! If you do, you'll be marked as an active phone number and one that will reply to unknown numbers. They may also have extreme charges applied to replying to the message.

If your phone allows it, please mark it as spam when you are prompted (Android phones do this, i'm not sure about iphones). Google will receive enough notifications from users and it will then be marked for all Australian users as a spam message.

Caller: 0458 729 725

Just received a message stating
[PayPal] Did you pay $xxxxAUD to xxxxx (seller's name) on 13 January 2020? Reply 1 if yes or 2 if no. [Reply Needed].
I received the text soon after buying a product on ebay through PayPal. Called 1-800-073-263 and they confirmed it was Paypal who sent it. It is their way of verifying and alerting you that a purchase has been made, particularly if it has been a long time since you have used PayPal/it is a large sum/or if it is your first purchase with PayPal.
It is a secure number, if you're ever unsure just call up before responding to emails/texts to confirm.