User level: Level 1 (4 points)I received an email from a R Mohan <***> with a PowerPoint saying a cryptocurency transaction has been successful made on my PayPal account via Apple Pay linked to PayPal. Is this a phish or scam?
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Posted on Nov 9, 2026 6:05 AM
User level: Level 9 (55,707 points)Nov 9, 2026 6:47 AM in response to fuji4557
There are lots of scam messages going around, saying that some expensive transaction (that you didn't approve) has been made, and will go through unless you contact such-and-such number quickly (usually within 24 hours).
The scam messages may claim to be from "Apple Pay", "PayPal", etc., and may arrive by text message or by email, but it's all the same old scam. If you call the number in the message to request a "refund" or report the "security" problem, you will be contacting criminals who will proceed to gather the information they need to rip you off under the guise that they need it to help you.
If, instead, you check your accounts with the real merchant or with your own bank, using official means, you quickly discover that there is no such charge as the one the scam message claims there is.
Note that when a bank thinks that a transaction is fraudulent, it will not let the transaction go through automatically, after a delay. The bank will simply block the transaction and it will not go through unless you contact the bank, and convince them that it is legitimate. The criminals who send these "Apple Pay", etc. scam messages are hoping that you do not know this – because if you know it, their scam messages smell like unrefrigerated week-old dead fish.
User level: Level 10 (233,174 points)Nov 9, 2026 6:08 AM in response to fuji4557
It's a phishing scam message. A very common one. Simply ignore it, delete it and report it as spam.
See this --> https://support.apple.com/en-us/102568
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256391318