Don't know where to put this, please tranfer if required mr mod.
By the way, i got a refund message from paypal but don't know what it means.
"We're happy to let you know that we've now completed our review and have decided Case PP-004-148-098-434 in your favor. Due to the unique circumstances of this case, we're issuing you this refund at no cost to your seller. You'll receive a refund of US$25.00 USD."
Does this mean that supplier won't receive a loss in this? Good for them if it is, but i hope they would learn from their mistake and shift to different supplier if they provide fakes. It is having a negative impact on their sales. I know we want the best price but we will never sacrifice savings just to recive an inferior item.
Does the message was sent from a legit paypal address?? There are a lot of email showing “paypal” as the person who sent but they are sent by spammers or people trying to get your password… Credit card etc
Login to your paypal account (DON’T USE THAT LINK) If you have case the details will be in your paypal account. If not there it is a scam.
Also when you lodge a paypal dispute, paypal grab the funds back from the seller straight away.
Yes, there is no loss to the seller. I’ve had this happen a few times on ebay where a buyer opened an ebay claim and said they never recieved the item. eBay asked me for a tracking number, I provided the tracking number and the package showed delivered. In rare situations like this, ebay takes the loss and refunds the buyer out of their pockets.
I had another time where a small $15 item, the buyer claimed arrived damaged. They opened a case (without contacting me first) and ebay just chose to refund them out of their pockets and didn’t request that the buyer returns the items.
Order was from tinydeal, i bought mini xpe zoom lights there that says cree but what i received uses those fake lattice bright lights. I opened a case, show the actual picture of led vs real cree led. Also posted a link from the fake cree thread which a member confirmed it as fake. Then the email above appear saying its a special case so neither me nor tinydeal will lose money. Are cases with fake cree end this way? Im sure im not the only one reporting a fake cree.
I know you’ve said you’re not concerned about this email being fake so take my words as general life advice, but NEVER trust the “From” address on an email. There is absolutely nothing in the email standard that protects that address and anybody can spoof that field with one line of code. I can send you an email that says its from the president of the usa if I wanted to, very easily, and there’s no easy way for you to verify it.
Also, if this is a reasonably sophisticated phishing attempt there usually won’t be any mention of credentials in the email. Instead it’ll offer you a link to log in and check the status of your refund, or whatever scam they’re running, but the link doesn’t actually go to the real paypal page! It goes to a page owned by the crooks, but made to look identical to paypal. NEVER click a link in an email like this. Go directly to paypal yourself before logging in.
One last bit of advice: turn on two-factor authentication on every page that offers it. Paypal offers it. That way, even if you slip up and fall for a phishing attempt like this and give up your credentials, they still can’t get into your account.
No clickable link, but if there is, low chance of working maybe since i am reading all of this in my phone? Im not sure though if phishing programs works in both mobile and desktop
Edit: and i came from yahoo mail land of hackers so i know what you mean. My yahoo account even sends
Links to my friends without me knowing. Im sure google is a bit secure compared to yahoo.
Its a method of requiring two different factors to authenticate yourself. At the most basic level, there are three ways to prove who you are:
1. Something you know, like a password or PIN.
2. Something you have, like a physical key or your cell phone.
3. Something you are, like fingerprints or DNA.
That last one is tough for websites and web services to implement, so most two-factor authentication systems online are built on the first two. In the case of paypal, you keep your existing password (which is what a phishing attack is after anyway), but you add your cell phone. It works like this:
1. You register your cell phone with paypal and confirm its yours. That’s in your account settings.
2. When you log in, paypal texts you a special code. That code is very temporary - usually expiring within 3-5 minutes.
3. You use your password + the special time-limited PIN to prove to paypal that you are who you claim to be.
Now, if an attacker learns your password and tries to log in, they’ll be unable to do so because the code is still coming to your personal cell phone. And in fact you’ll know there’s a problem with your account when you start getting codes texted from paypal when you didn’t request them.
Go to Paypal’s (not a link from anywhere) website and open your account. You will see it listed there if there was indeed a refund. Simple as that. Log out immediately when you are done, btw.
I already have 25$ in my account so its real, i am more puzzled of the seller not paying for their mistake. But since some sellers here experience the same case, i guess its normal for a win-win situation between buyer and seller