Apple Pay / Google Pay Request Scam
Scammers send payment requests via Apple Pay or Google Pay for items you never purchased, hoping you approve without checking.
🚩 Red Flags
- ⚠Payment request you didn't initiate
- ⚠Request from unknown sender
- ⚠Amount doesn't match any purchase
- ⚠Multiple requests in short period
🛡️ Protect Yourself
- →DECLINE any unexpected payment requests
- →VERIFY: Check your actual orders/subscriptions
- →NEVER APPROVE requests you didn't initiate
- →REPORT fraudulent requests to Apple/Google
More Details
- “Apple Pay request: $49.99”
- “Confirm payment for your subscription”
- “Tap to approve your purchase”
- “Your order is ready - approve payment”
Common Questions
Gift cards are untraceable instant cash. Once you read the codes, money is gone in minutes. No legitimate entity ever asks for gift card payment.
Usually no. Zelle is instant and irreversible. Banks rarely refund "authorized" transfers. Report immediately but prepare for loss.
Scammer sends check for more than owed, asks you to wire back extra. Check bounces weeks later — you owe the bank everything.
Almost certainly fake. Call your boss on a known number to verify. Scammers research companies and impersonate executives.
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73% of Americans targeted(Pew, 2025)
|$470M lost to text scams in 2024(FTC)
|$16.6B total losses(FBI IC3, 2024)