Caller: PayPal Text

I received a text claiming to be from PayPal, to confirm my mobile number. I was suspicious BUT I went online, through the PayPal website, to confirm my number and received a code to use. PayPal also had a record of the purchase I made a split second before I got the text. Seems legit.

Credit card companies, apple and even facebook use mobile phone numbers for security purposes.

TEXT: PayPal Fraud Alert: Are you trying to pay 694.10 EUR? if yes, reply1. If no, reply2. Msg & Data rates apply.
This is bit strange, i have not tried to buy anything with paypal. also received an email asking me to finalise paymnet for item of shoes on ebay. I did not buy anything on ebay or with paypal. email had ebay @ ebay.com.au - doesnt usally have .au on the end. definitley not legit. i called mobile number on landline, number not conected. all looks pretty real but definitely is not.

Well, now I don't know what to think after reading through here. I got a "[PayPal] Did you pay" message at 15:06, about 2 minutes after I *did* pay. I replied 1 for yes. Then exactly an hour later at 16:06, I got a second identical one. I'm now blocking the number.

Caller: PayPal

This is genuinely PayPal's number. I get messages from it whenever someone sends me a payment via PayPal and the message includes their full name and the exact amount being sent. It wouldn't be possible for anyone other than PayPal to have this information.

The text is sent to me literally when the person has just organised the payment to me.

Caller: 0458 729 725

Kept sending security code of Paypal. Spam!!!

An automated phone call consisting of a recorded voice babbling away in what I think is Chinese. I am not Chinese and cannot understand what they are saying.

I am on the do not call register, so I suspect that whoever is making these calls is systematically going through number combinations.

I blocked them as I do each time I get a caller like this.

Caller: Not Paypal

Asking for me to confirm a transaction, sent the wrong date and amount for starters so knew it was fake, then these many posts confirmed my suspicionl.

It's PayPal's auto notification system. Safe to use.
To the Dev team, please unblock this number.

Exactly same case. Two messages. Due to the first message simply sending the verification code, I almost believed the second message.
I guess the first message was deliberately sent to look trustworthy, just in case I send some funds later and fall into the 2nd message.

Had a txt message from these guys, obviously fraud as I don't have my mobile listed on paypal

Caller: Jason Rogers

Very good at what he does,identity theft hacking phones/computers

Caller: Paypal

I received a security code from this number when setting up 2-factor authentication on my account. I noticed the number had been flagged as Potential Fraud. Checking through my message history with this number, I realised I've actually already received previous security prompts before I set up 2-factor authentication!

Something strange is going on here, it's almost like the number is being shared by both scammers and Paypal. Or perhaps was being used by scammers and is now not?
Regardless, I won't be using this method as a secure sign-in method.

Caller: Genuine SMS confirming PayPal payment

This number is legitimately from PayPal. I used PayPal for the first time today to request someone transfer me $25 and when she made the payment I got a text from this number to confirm it went through - it included her name and the amount. I don't believe scammers would have access to this data at exactly the moment she transferred the money to me. So don't freak out. It's PayPal's number.

I agree if you got a text unexpectedly probably someone had a typo when they were trying to do a transaction on PayPal and it went to you by error.

i JUST CHECKED THIS NUMBER HERE...ON MY PHONE..IT IS THE NUMBER PAYPAL USE TO SEND MY SECURITY CODE...i HAVE USED IT MANY TIMES...SO NOT SURE WHAT PAYPAL ARE SAYING HERE...LOOK FURTHER INTO IT

received sms from this number stating
Paypal: your confirmaion code is ++++++. Your code will expire in 5 minutes.

i did not purchase anything through pay pal

when I tried calling the number -
it was disconnected

it is PayPal. I use the app for payment to my work, sent myself a receipt. why is it reported as spam?

Caller: Not PayPal!

Nope, it’s not!

Caller: - dialout for some reason -

I had this as a spurious dialout in my log. People getting voicemail asking for the PIN, your account has been hijacked, if they were real pros they would slam your phone number as well.

Caller: Pay pal??

I got a text from this number and couldn't even read most of it as it was in some foreign language with a link and mentions whats app. Blocked number as definitely suss

Caller: Paypal

I have just gotten off the phone with Paypal and they've informed me that any number ending in 729 725 is a paypal number. So this is a legitimate number. If you want to feel safe though just ignore the message as I have and the transaction will still go through.