Scare Scam

I recently had a scam run on me.  I received an email from a person that was worded in such a way that when you pressed the key indicated, a window came up indicating that I had purchased a product (antivirus).  I immediately called a number on the receipt on the invoice and said I did not want this product.  The person answering the phone was not the person on the email.  It turns out the email address was a fake.  The person on the phone said they were with PayPal and would help me solve this problem.  He stated I had purchased this account with my PayPal account.  He suggested that I go to Strips Gas Station in College Station and purchase a card and then he could help me.  This sounded strange so I hung up.

Here is the real suspicious fact: he knew my last four digits on my social security number, but didn't state an account number.

It turns out that the person on the phone was not a real PayPal employee.

I called the PayPal office and stated the facts about what happened.  This is how I found out the person I spoke to on the phone before was not their employee.  He also stated that I should close my bank account debit card to prevent this person from withdrawing money from my bank account.

Now I have to wait to get a new debit card with another account number.