Number overview
080-5786-7320 is a phone number used in a phishing scam that impersonates PayPay by sending fake SMS messages claiming "payments are currently restricted due to a failed direct debit."
Reported tactics
- The SMS reads, "[PayPay] Payments restricted due to a failed direct debit. Settle the March charge to lift the restriction immediately"
- Tapping the link in the SMS leads to a fake PayPay site
- The fake site prompts you to enter login information and credit-card details
- Sending from a mobile-phone number (080) makes it look like a private contact
PayPay does not ask you to lift a payment restriction by SMS or enter payment information at a linked URL.
How to handle this
Don't open the SMS link
Never tap a link in an SMS claiming to be from PayPay. Delete the message.
To check your PayPay status
Open the PayPay app directly to check. Always verify through the app, not from any SMS link.
Where to report or get help
- PayPay Customer Support: contact through "Help" inside the PayPay app
- Council of Anti-Phishing Japan: info@antiphishing.jp
- Police consultation line: #9110