Anybody else getting constant bogus texts about their PayPal account?

[Coventina]

I don't even HAVE a PayPal account, and I've been getting non-stop texts that it's "limited" due to suspicious activity.

I keep blocking them, and they keep coming.

It's starting to really annoy me!!

Why am I spending money for a device that serves to irritate me more than help me?

Or, at least it's starting to feel that way.....

[iemanja]

1. I do have a paypal account

and I keep getting invoices for bitcoin type stuff.
Paypal told me as long as I don't pay the invoice, it won't get deducted from my account.

[MontanaMama]

2. I get emails about this constantly.

They're always a scam. Super annoying.

[LastDemocratInSC]

3. Yes.

Annoying.

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. Report as phishing or spam and block, and I do have a PayPal account which was founded

by one of the worst humans on earth, Peter Thiel, so I also removed all my bank cards so I guess I should just delete the account now.

What I get are endless phone calls that a $999 iPhone has been charged to me on my Amazon account...

[Botany]

6. BTW If anybody calls and says I'm from Amazon hang up because Amazon is an online business.

However now I'm getting tons of "McAfee" pop ups now about protecting my computer. And since I
use MacKeeper for my clean up and anti hack stuff I pay them no mind

[Eliot Rosewater]

9. Yeah, I have laptop preloaded with McAfee and I hated it, I got rid of it.

[Shrike47]

12. Same here. Pre-loaded. Now they message me repeatedly to re-join. No.

[Eliot Rosewater]

17. IT wants to change your search engine to Yahoo and fuck with your browser

settings all the time, too.

I am using Microsoft Defender now and Malwarebytes. Hoping that is enough.

[Grasswire2]

5. Now that we see Musk's inadequacies in his Twitter, we can understand..

...the horror storis from Paypal. World's absolute worst customer service. Many horror stories of funds seized, no recourse, etc. It happened to me. Extremely frustrating.

It was a good idea. But mucked up.

[budkin]

7. Yes, it's infuriating n/t

[The_Casual_Observer]

8. I did for a while they go directly into spam & I don't even see them anymore.

It's really low brow too. The email address is always some stolen or random mess that has nothing to do with Paypal.

[Submariner]

10. I'm getting Oprah diet and Amazon delivery texts

Just delete and report as junk.

[NCjack]

11. My email blocker accepts blocking instruction that redirects unwanted

emails from specified addresses to a holding bag, and those older than 30 days get burned.

I never see them, unless I wish to wade through the crapolla.

[demmiblue]

13. I don't get texts, but I do get emails (I don't have a PayPal account). n/t

[Emile]

14. I get texts about my Amazon account with a website to click.

I never click. I just check my banking to make sure nobody has hacked my credit card.

[KatyaR]

15. Yes, and they're driving me crazy.

I've installed an antivirus program on my phone to try and stop some of the madness.

[Xavier Breath]

16. Like you I have no PayPal account

yet continue to get text warnings that there's some sneaky shit going on. I also have been getting a lot of bogus prize award texts, so I'm hoping that financially these will all offset

[keithbvadu2]

18. We get 'surveys' with promises of grand prizes.

As if the Post Office is going to send out $50 gift cards.

[NowISeetheLight]

19. The Latest

I’ve been getting are auto-renewal email notices for McCafee anti-virus for $300+. It says ‘Call if you want to cancel”. Obvious scam.