PayPal invoice scams are unfortunately quite prevalent due to PayPal's minimal security filters, which do not double-check if an invoice is legitimate or not. This makes it easy for scammers to send fraudulent invoices requesting payment for a service to other PayPal users. The prevalence of these scams can vary, but they are a significant issue that users of the platform need to be aware of.

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If you've ever used PayPal, you probably know it allows sellers to create invoices to send to other users' account to pay for a product or service directly on the platform. The scam that's going around now takes advantage of PayPal's minimal security filters, which don't double-check if an invoice is legitimate or not. This scam makes it pretty easy for scammers to send invoices that request payment for a service to other PayPal users. In this example, the "Billing Department of PayPal' requested a thousand dollars from a fake Walmart eGift Card purchase. Other scammers send invoice estimates, like this example where sixteen hundred dollars was requested for a new internet connection. In this case, the goal is for the user to click a scam link or call a fake phone number.

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