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Originally Posted by Sarlacc
The fake PayPal invoice scam you describe so well is very interesting.
There has been several "man in the middle" scams in the news over here in the last few years, but this I haven't heard of before.
Thanks :-)
However, I just logged into my PayPal account and tried to find a way to see the Mastercard details I have in there. I could only see the last 4 digits.
Which is how it should be, it means that even if someone gets hold of my password, they won't be able to get my credit card details.
And I guess it means that's not what happened here, either?
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Yes but if it was a fake invoice with a fake link it's possible that the link itself contained a tracker which will decode and store all information sent from that link (in this case that would be the Op's username, password, cc number and all other cc information needed to be sent to merchant by paypal. That would give him all the information he needs to make purchases.
Contacting his credit card company would be best at this time as they will be able to get more info on the transaction such as if it was paid through internet or in person with an actual card present (if it is the latter then OP had his card cloned from a store purchase most likely)