PayPal Events Showing up in Loop

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PayPal Events Showing up in Loop

Keith Swartzendruber 0

I don't usually use Loop but I clicked into it today and found 4 event invitations from what appears to be PayPal with the message that my account has been charged some amount of money. Any idea how these would have gotten in?

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Anonymous

Hi Keith,

Thank you for reaching out and for flagging this, and good instinct to pause before acting on it.

Based on the details you've provided, these calendar invites do not appear to be legitimate PayPal notifications and should be treated with caution until their authenticity can be verified. PayPal is one of the brands frequently impersonated in scams like this, where the invites claim your account has been charged a certain amount and try to pressure you into calling a number to "dispute" the charge.

As for how four of them appeared in Loop without you doing anything, these scams bypass the inbox and inject events straight onto your calendar, relying on the default setting that automatically adds invitations before you ever see or accept them. Once the events are on your Microsoft 365 calendar, they sync across everything connected to it, and Loop simply surfaces that same calendar content.

To clean this up and stop it from recurring, please do the following:

Do not call the number, click any links, or open attachments in the invites.
Delete the events, and if prompted, choose the option not to send a response so you do not confirm your address is active.
Report the invites to Microsoft as phishing or junk by right clicking the event.
Turn off auto add so future spam does not land on your calendar.

Go to Outlook Settings, select Calendar, then Events from email, and choose "Don't show event summaries in email or on my calendar."

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If you want peace of mind about your actual account, please check directly with PayPal through their official website or app rather than any contact details in the invite. That way you can confirm there are no real charges without engaging with the scam.

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Keith Swartzendruber 0 Reputation points

2026-07-21T20:47:09.68+00:00

I actually didn't even see these events on my calendar, only in Loop. I imagine they got snagged as spam/fishing by the Outlook filters but maybe there aren't any filters in Loop?
Keith Swartzendruber 0 Reputation points

2026-07-21T20:50:01.95+00:00

I actually didn't see this event in Outlook, only in Loop. Why would it be in Loop?
Anonymous

2026-07-21T22:24:13.9333333+00:00

Hi Keith,

Thank you for your response.

What you are seeing makes sense once you know how the two apps handle content differently.

Outlook is where the spam and phishing filtering actually happens. Exchange Online Protection and Microsoft Defender scan messages as they flow into the mailbox, so when suspicious invitations like these arrive, Outlook blocks or diverts them before they reach your inbox or calendar view. That is why they never appeared in Outlook: the filtering did its job on that side.

Microsoft Loop, on the other hand, does not have its own junk or phishing filter. It simply surfaces content connected to your account and sits above the mailbox, without running the same anti-spam and anti-phishing checks that Outlook does. So an invitation that Outlook quietly filtered out can still show up in Loop, because nothing in Loop is screening it. In short, you are seeing the unfiltered version in Loop, while Outlook already caught and hid it.

My recommendation is to avoid interacting with these invitations in Loop entirely, so please do not click or respond to them. The safest way to clean them up is from the Outlook or Exchange side. If this is a work or school account, your IT administrator can remove the underlying items and block the sender through Defender.

Thank you for your time and cooperation. Should you have any further questions, please feel free to reach out and let me know. I'll be happy to help.

Wishing you a great day ahead.
Anonymous

2026-07-22T22:14:01.0933333+00:00

Hi Keith,

I hope everything is going well on your end.

I’m following up on the support thread we've been working through together. I wanted to check in and see if the information I shared in my previous answer helped resolve the issue you were experiencing.

If you're still experiencing any issues or have further questions, please feel free to reach out at any time. I’m always happy to help if you need anything else.

I want to ensure everything is functioning smoothly and that your experience remains seamless.

Thank you again for your collaboration throughout the troubleshooting process.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Warm regards,