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I receive them too. They indeed come "From: <service@paypal.com>", but the dead giveaway is that the recipient is "To: fred smith <order_status10@jwa.onmicrosof
by litoE 2y ago
I receive them too. They indeed come "From: <service@paypal.com>", but the dead giveaway is that the recipient is "To: fred smith <order_status10@jwa.onmicrosoft.com>". I'm NOT "fred smith" or any of the other random names they use. The emails arrive from the onmicroft.com servers, not the PayPal servers.
It looks like they create the fake account at onmicrosoft.com, then have paypal send an email to that account and then make onmicrosoft.com forward it to all their intended victims.
- throwaway77385 2y agoQuite sophisticated. I'm not sure whether someone less technical would know what to do.
- litoE 2y agoMy wife and I have now started both receiving similar messages, but this time purportedly from '<notifications@zellepay.com>'. Same M.O.