Thursday, February 26, 2026

PayPal McAffee Payment Phishing Email with no subject


For the record, this is a PayPal McAffee Payment 
phishing email attempt that is recently going around, with no subject. Opening the attachment Book4.xlxs spreadsheet reveals an image with no link, just a phone number.

What to do?  
Report them, goto bottom of page. 


From: Prity Dhara <prity577dhara790@gmail.com>

Subject: 


PayPal

INVOICE NO: TOLL-FREE: +1 (803) 339-3084 FEBRUARY 24, 2026

The payment was successfully completed, and the amount has been automatically withdrawn from your account.

Refund Help Line: +1 (803) 339-3084

Item McAfee PC Security (1 Year Subscription)

Price $539.42

Total: $539.42

A payment of USD 539.42 has been initiated and will be charged to your account within 24 hours. If you did not authorize this charge, please contact our support team right away for assistance.

Contact Support: +1 (803) 339-3084



PHISHING LINKs;

1. Phone number

How to tell this is a Phishing email?

  1. Check email address in full, if it's not from originating company then it's phishing.
  2. Hover over all links in email, if it's not from the company's website then forget it.
  3. The best way is to 

How to examine Email Message Source?

Now let's look at message source
  1. Outlook.com->Actions->View Message Source. 
  2. Gmail.com->More (down arrow to top right)->Show original.
Check for suspicious links, anything that does not originate from source domain, like apple.com.


Report Phishing Email (not as Spam)

  1. Outlook.com->Junk (at Top)->Phishing Scam
  2. Gmail.com->More (down-arrow to top right)->Report Phishing 

Report Phishing to Google

If you have received this email, take further action by

  1. https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/

Report phishing at Microsoft and government agencies

  1. http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/phishing-faq.aspx

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