{"id":94,"date":"2023-01-30T16:30:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T16:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freshphish.info\/?p=94"},"modified":"2023-01-30T16:30:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T16:30:51","slug":"refund-scam-sent-through-paypal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freshphish.info\/?p=94","title":{"rendered":"Refund Scam Sent Through PayPal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This email was sent through PayPal. While it doesn&#8217;t have any malicious links or attachments and doesn&#8217;t appear to be trying to trick the victim into paying the scammer through Paypal, it contains the phone number where the victim will be connected to a refund scam posing as PayPal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"973\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/freshphish.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/paypalphish-973x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freshphish.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/paypalphish-973x1024.png 973w, https:\/\/freshphish.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/paypalphish-285x300.png 285w, https:\/\/freshphish.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/paypalphish-768x808.png 768w, https:\/\/freshphish.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/paypalphish.png 1142w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 973px) 100vw, 973px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot of original phishing email<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"963\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/freshphish.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/paypalphishheaders.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freshphish.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/paypalphishheaders.png 963w, https:\/\/freshphish.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/paypalphishheaders-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/freshphish.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/paypalphishheaders-768x317.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Here are the headers (with target identifying information removed) showing the server originated on PayPal&#8217;s servers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This email was sent through PayPal. 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