Payments & Money Transfer scams
Payment scams target the moment money moves. Once a transfer is sent it is often impossible to get back.
Paste the sender's email address, the link, or the website from the message.
Know the pattern
The most common payments & money transfer scams
Your account is limited
You are told your account is restricted until you confirm your identity through a link that leads to a fake sign-in page.
Payment received, but there is a problem
A buyer says they have paid, sometimes too much, and asks you to refund the difference or pay a fee to release the funds.
A real invoice with a fake problem
Scammers send genuine invoices or money requests through the payment service itself, with a note telling you to call a phone number about a charge.
13 brands monitored daily
Check a specific company
PayPal
paypal.com, paypal.co.uk
Stripe
stripe.com
Venmo
venmo.com
Cash App
cash.app, squareup.com
Zelle
zellepay.com
Wise
wise.com
Revolut
revolut.com
Klarna
klarna.com
Visa
visa.com
Mastercard
mastercard.com
American Express
americanexpress.com, aexp.com
Western Union
westernunion.com
MoneyGram
moneygram.com
Help stop it
Where to report a scam
United Kingdom
- Forward suspicious emails to report@phishing.gov.uk
- Forward scam texts to 7726
United States
- Report to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov
- Forward phishing emails to reportphishing@apwg.org
- Forward scam texts to 7726 (SPAM)
Canada
- Report to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca
- Forward scam texts to 7726
Australia
- Report to Scamwatch at scamwatch.gov.au
- Report cybercrime through ReportCyber at cyber.gov.au
India
- Report at cybercrime.gov.in or call the 1930 helpline
Germany
- Forward phishing emails to the Phishing-Radar at phishing@verbraucherzentrale.nrw
Switzerland
- Report phishing websites at antiphishing.ch
Anywhere
- Report phishing websites to Google Safe Browsing at safebrowsing.google.com
- Tell the company through its official website or app
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