preerp10 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 In the past few days somebody has called here with a purposely spoofed unidentifying phone number who goes by the name of "Paul". He likes to say "The call is being recorded for security purposes" He knows one of us by name and asks for them and then goes on to say that he knows the shopping cart system on our website is prestashop and "accepting paypal with prestashop is a snap". The company doesn't even have a paypal account so I know right off the bat, he's full of s**t. Nowhere on the site does it say "prestashop" and the word "Prestshop" was even deleted from the email templates. (sorry) So I'm wondering where he got the name and number from and also if anyone else is getting these calls. He has called at least 3 times. Doesn't want to take no for an answer. Paypal is a slimy company but not even paypal would do this. Obviously a scammer. We'll know soon what number he acutally dialed from with the ANI/ALI records. Gotta love it when a scammer is stupid enough to call a toll free number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shacker Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 its strange. i never hear about it. have you sened a email to paypal support? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjamin utterback Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 I would say that it is a scammer. Nothing like that is coming from Prestashop's side and I highly doubt that it is coming from PayPal. I also would guess that this is a pretty isolated incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vekia Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 I think exactly the same as Benjamin, this is ordinary scam, you can read about it on the internet. Paypal is the most popular payment method, so many scammers use it to grab money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preerp10 Posted May 24, 2013 Author Share Posted May 24, 2013 (edited) Yeah I figured it was a scammer. I just wondered if anyone else had received any calls to see if maybe there was a common link. I would have considered it an ordinary scam too if it weren't for the guy asking by name and mentioning prestashop and saying "Your shopping cart system is prestashop and enabling paypal in prestashop is a snap". And no prestashop legend, I didn't contact paypal. We don't use paypal or even have a paypal account. Aside from personal accounts which are in no way used for anything tied into work. Edited May 24, 2013 by preerp10 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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