Many PayPal users are unsettled by what appears to be a payment confirmation by email.
However, this email only appears to come from PayPal. While many phishing emails are rather succinct with an alleged account confirmation, this email is a little more frightening because 179.99 euros were allegedly paid to a real company via PayPal.
This is what the email looks like:

The email says:
“You have sent a payment for €179.99 EUR to Fotografen Online Service GmbH (support@fotograf.de).
We will debit the amount directly from your credit card. Please ensure that you have sufficient funds in your bank account to avoid fees.
Would you like to change or cancel your payment? then click here.”
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Real page, fake email!
The site “fotograf.de” mentioned in the email denies having anything to do with the email, but points out that it is a fraudulent email in their name, and they also mention a nice detail about why you can recognize the fake email:
The text line “ Would you like to change or cancel your payment?” then click here. “ cannot be found in any real email from PayPal!
There is also a good reason why this line can only be found in the fake email, because exactly behind the link is a fake PayPal page where you not only have to enter your login details, but also your credit card details... which then can be used by fraudsters to actually withdraw money using the credit card!
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“I received an email like this!”
Then you can send it to us directly: spam@zddk.eu , at the same time you should forward it to spoof@paypal.com and spoof@fotograf.de !
PayPal itself also provides tips on how to recognize fraudulent emails and how to proceed.
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