Do you use the computer for ordering items through the internet? Are you a Paypal customer? If you are, be aware there are those out there trying to get your money and steal your identity by sending you a confirmation that they withdrew money from your account for something you did not order. <\/p>\n
This morning I check my work emails early before I went to walk. There was an email that looked like it was from Paypal telling me they drafted my bank account for an item I had not ordered. <\/p>\n
The closer I looked, the more I realized this was probably someone trying to reel me in to calling them and giving them my bank account number. Red flags included the wrong – but very similar – email address and a return email address that suggested I was in communication with someone who had a larger than normal private part. <\/p>\n
I tried forwarding it on to the real Paypal office. It would not let me send the whole message….just a piece of it without any critical info. Then, I tried copying it and it would only let me copy part of the message. I finally, however, did manage to get a full copy which I will send on fax in a little bit. <\/p>\n
These folks are sly and, if you are prone to reacting quickly without perusing things closely first, you may be pulled into giving info out you really should not. <\/p>\n
My wish for you today<\/strong> is that you look closely and react wisely to any emails you get like this. There are mean-spirited people out there that do everything they can to steal your identity. This is only one of many ways…so be a savvy consumer and report suspicious emails to those who know how to deal with fraudulent situations. <\/p>\n ~ Joellen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you use the computer for ordering items through the internet? Are you a Paypal customer? If you are, be aware there are those out there trying to get your money and steal your identity by sending you a confirmation that they withdrew money from your account for something you did not order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs-careers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}