![]() Do not claim responsibility for the invoice. So to avoid falling for this type of scam, if you get an email advising you have an invoice to pay that you didn’t generate, log in to your PayPal account using a separate tab or browser window without clicking on anything in the email. We’re not the first people to pick up on this, but this does seem quite new, making it a scam many will likely fall for. How to avoid a legitimate PayPal email that’s actually phone phishing ![]() This is essentially phishing over the phone, and it is very easy to fall for. The only major difference is you’ve called them, rather than them calling you.Ĭall in and the scammers not only have your number, but you could potentially end up giving them your actual credit card information and other details, effectively falling for the goal of this scam. We’ve blurred the number so you don’t call it.Ĭall that number, and you’ve basically dialled into a scam line, no different to how when fake Amazon calls you to tell you about charges on your account. It’s not, and that number will lead you down a scam-ridden black hole. And that person has created the PayPal account under the username of “PayPal User”, making it seem easier to believe that the message is intended for you. It’s not the number for contacting PayPal, but is the number for the person responsible for the scam. Requesting $799 is never going to work, but because the request is coming from a legitimate link, it’s easy to believe.Īs such, we can expect the first thing many would do is call the customer service line on the invoice, and lo behold, there’s one of those. Scammers want you to call their “customer service line”Ī scam like this is strange: there’s no immediate pay-off, and no one is going to pay for an invoice they didn’t actually generate. Scams are a con, and because scammers can make a lot of money by tricking you to click and hand over your details, they’ll use fake sender IDs for mobile text messages, similar names for companies in emails, build fake versions of websites if they want to pretend to be things you trust like the government, and social engineering if they want to dodgy things on social media.īut by and large, they have to fake something. Most scams have to fake quite a few elements, or provide things near enough to trick you. Like every day, a scam had arrived in my inbox, but like the regular assortment that are easy to tell, this one was difficult because it didn’t just look legitimate, it came from a real established place. I sat there staring at the string of letters and numbers and characters all culminating in something that appeared all too real when I knew I was looking at a scam. Wanting to know what I was actually doing, and why, I eventually found the time to document (and use) the correct process. The ‘why’ is very important to me as an employee. So is not giving others more work than necessary. It might take some time, but I do get there eventually.įor many employees, accruals don’t make sense. So, in the interests of improving that situation check out the video below.One of the more complex scams we’ve seen all year is turning up in Aussie inboxes, as scammers send a bogus invoice and expect you to call in to cancel. Not that they ever let me, or the other miscreants, know! The accountant concerned repaired dozens (if not hundreds) of mistakes. ![]() Just between you and me, in one of my past roles, I was required to do up to 25 project accruals (on spreadsheets) at the end of every month. At least three months went by as I just followed the instructions given to me at orientation. Turns out the instructions were wrong. Inadvertently, I had added considerable workload to someone else’s day. I will admit that for many years I just didn’t get the pressing need to notify finance of large invoices not yet arrived or processed (revenue and expenses). What difference does it make? ![]() Who’d have thought it makes a difference? The response depends on individual priorities, care factor, and understanding of the importance of the request.Īt the end of the financial year there is quite the palaver about notifying finance about unprocessed or expected invoices. Especially large invoices. have already completed the task (too easy) try their best to comply (but get it wrong), orĤ.
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