You wake up and there's £1904 in your PayPal account. What do you do?

azazl187 · 23 Mar 2018 at 10:58

Report it to the government so they can blame it on the Russians

Glaucus · 23 Mar 2018 at 11:03

on one hand you've contacted paypal so its reported which is what you legally need to do, but noyou'reur in a grey area.
Isnt it soemthing stupid like 6 years they can claim the money back if its a mistake.

what did paypal say, they say keep it for x-length of time before doing anything or what?

Wizzkidy · 23 Mar 2018 at 11:10

What do you do?

Buy bitcoin!

Yaayuh! · 23 Mar 2018 at 11:10

Withdraw it and remove any attached card.

Spend on the usual (Blackjack, hookers and blow).

tom_nieto · 23 Mar 2018 at 11:10

Keep it in the PayPal account for now. If you get caught up in some complex drug/prostitution ring and end up dead (most likely scenario imo), can I have your stuff?

kayomani · 23 Mar 2018 at 11:16

I think the sender has 90 days to reverse it

UTmaniac · 23 Mar 2018 at 11:19

Buy a new android mobile that has not been keylogged and change your Paypal password.

Then add £95 to the account and party like TAFKAP.

TJM · 23 Mar 2018 at 11:20

'Do I want to be one of those sad sacks who appear in the Mail complaining about the legal consequences of spending money that was obviously never their property?' The question answers itself.

bloodiedathame · 23 Mar 2018 at 11:23

It's not your money. You need to flag suspicious activity.

MagicBoy · 23 Mar 2018 at 11:25

Spend it on hookers and blow!

Feek · 23 Mar 2018 at 11:27

You also email the address that transferred you the money in the first place and they don't reply. You email them again a few days later and still don't get a reply.

UTmaniac said:
Buy a new android mobile that has not been keylogged and change your Paypal password.

I don't have an android in the first place, my phone hasn't been keylogged and my PayPal password is long, complicated and unique. The account isn't compromised. I don't see what this has to do with it at all :confused:

danlightbulb · 23 Mar 2018 at 11:28

Withdraw it but hold on to it, and unlink your account from any cards or bank accounts. Dont spend it though, not for a good while.

spoffle · 23 Mar 2018 at 11:28

Was it listed as a gift?

Feek · 23 Mar 2018 at 11:28

bloodiedathame said:
It's not your money. You need to flag suspicious activity.

This has been done already and PayPal responded to say they can't see anything suspicious about the transaction.

Feek · 23 Mar 2018 at 11:28

spoffle said:
Was it listed as a gift?

Yes. A gift.

Siliconslave · 23 Mar 2018 at 11:29

i'd defiantly be changing a few key password inc PayPal - might be something suspicious going on...

equally it could be someones honest mistake - i get some indian lady in the US' e-mails all the time, but no big paypal deposits yet

spoffle · 23 Mar 2018 at 11:30

Feek said:
Yes. A gift.

How strange, because this means a PayPal claim can't be lodged for the money.

If it's a scam, I can't see how it'd work with it being a gift payment.

Feek · 23 Mar 2018 at 11:34

Siliconslave said:
i'd defiantly be changing a few key password inc PayPal - might be something suspicious going on...

Why? What?

Siliconslave said:
equally it could be someones honest mistake - i get some indian lady in the US' e-mails all the time, but no big paypal deposits yet

The email address linked to the PayPal account is used exclusively for PayPal, it's not a general address and not something that anyone could guess or realistically, enter by mistake.

bloodiedathame · 23 Mar 2018 at 11:35

Feek said:
This has been done already and PayPal responded to say they can't see anything suspicious about the transaction.

Coke and hookers then

MissChief · 23 Mar 2018 at 11:35

Find highest rate savings account you can then withdraw the money into this. May as well try and make some coin. If it's still there in six months, it's yours.