what shall i say?
Woke up to find £700 taken from my paypal on my birthday
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what shall i say?
Christ.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RANGE-ROV...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item33779d0631
£180 for a badge.
Not saying this is the culprit btw, just checking eBay and this popped up.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RANGE-ROV...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item33779d0631
£180 for a badge.
Not saying this is the culprit btw, just checking eBay and this popped up.
This is why I refuse point blank to ever let Paypal have my bank account details. My cousin works for a bank and the number of horror stories I've heard from her about customers having money stolen from them by/through paypal is staggering.
I only gave them credit card details, and even then only so I could use ebay. At least if my credit card was compromised I could just dispute the charges and refuse to pay the bill.
I only gave them credit card details, and even then only so I could use ebay. At least if my credit card was compromised I could just dispute the charges and refuse to pay the bill.
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Might have been multiple items. Shouldn't be hard to track down if it was to another account.
You're worried they've been a victim of fraud as you've seen that £700 has gone from your PayPal account to them without your authorization.
If the money has only gone today, chances are they won't have dispatched yet.
Dont interfere you might damage an official investigation later.
so i called the guy, seemed nice. i told him what happened and told him i have contacted paypal regarding this. He said he rejects payments he is not expecting or something like that. But ye, i have made him aware of the situation now too. Hopefully it helps.
i think it should be ok, i just let him know just incase he was thinking of dispatching items to weird addresses.
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I clicked the link and my works antivirus/security flagged it as mallicious content.
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has the payment got a delivery address on it? If so and its not your own give the guy a call - he'll be happy to be informed of the fraud in advance so he doesn't end up shipping items out to a fraudster. He might even refund you straight away!
Do you re-use your password across sites? if so start changing them all now, something has been compromised (chances are its not PayPal, most likely something like Linked in or one of the other recent high profile hacks) and they've lucky guessed your password on PP.
If it was unique the chances are you either fell for some phishing scam, logged in through a fake wireless hotspot and got sniffed or have a key logger on your machine.
Time to get scanning and re-set all your important passwords pronto - and if your re-using look at getting a password management program like 1password or lastpass
That's what I said.
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it is indeed
edit: further to that he might not actually be able to refund you, it depends what's being done in terms of investigation in his account - could well be that hes locked out while PayPal investigate i'm afraid
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Its your birthday. Go enjoy it today.
Worry tomorrow.
Worry tomorrow.
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Sorry to hear of your problem OP.
Not that it is any help now but I would never link a Paypal account to anything other than a credit card or a spare bank account with a nil balance and no overdraft.
Not that it is any help now but I would never link a Paypal account to anything other than a credit card or a spare bank account with a nil balance and no overdraft.