# Unusually competent phishing attempt (PayPal)

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Pretty fascinating, @Ann_Hedonia . Good sleuthing !

More on the process (although it doesn’t _explicitly_ say that your invoice email will _come from_ a PayPal [dot] com domain):

> **[How do I create and send an invoice?](https://www.paypal.com/us/cshelp/article/HELP319)**
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> Create and send invoice, invoice link, invoice to multiple customers, import invoice batch

There _does_ seem to be more info about this one the Web (maybe not ‘more info,’ but some ‘reporting’ that comes to similar conclusions):

> **[PayPal has an 'invoice' fraud problem | Engadget](https://www.engadget.com/paypal-invoice-scam-212752686.html)**
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> A string of 'invoice' scams suggests PayPal isn't doing enough to prevent fraud..

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