Paypal Fraud
 

Does anyone know of someone or experienced any Paypal fraud .

I have been using Paypal for 6 years and it just happened to me as i was on this forum:grrrrrr:

I get the ocassional fake email and never respond to them and never give personal information over email so i don't know how they hacked my account ?

Luckily i was on this forum as i got email notifications of Paypal transactions , they were coming through every minute , four in total from the US , UK and Australia. Rang my banks fraud department asap and they cancelled the card . While i was on the phone to them another three transactions were attempted :bad:

Bank is sending me a out the fraud forms , issuing me a new card and will refund my money . I have contacted Paypal about unorthorised transactions . Have changed my Paypal password ( they got in once so i'm sure they can do it again )but this has left a bade taste in my mouth.

Don't know if i will use Paypal again , but the prob is i use Ebay alot and buy / sell on the RC forums , not to mention alot of online stores use Paypal now like RCM .
I get most of my gear from the US as most of it cannot be found in Australia :cry:

No, I've never experienced anything. What has gotten frustrating for me is the new (or new to me) wait period. It used to be that paypal was an instant transfer. Now this 3 to 5 day "clearing" has me wondering if I should go back to using my CC.

the 3 to 5 to your bank account is always been there for years. Unless you are talking about something else. Also e checks have always taken 3 to 5


I have never had a problem with ebay or paypal.

Best part is i received an email with the same email addy as on one of the transactions , threatening me with legal action for putting a claim in against them:no:

hah some people, you did the right thing and hopefully legal action will be taken on the thief's.

Will be using this from now on https://www.paypal.com/securitykey

Everytime you log in with your Paypal password you look at your security key and it spits out a 6 digit code which changes every 30 seconds . You then have to enter the securtity key 6 digit code to access the account .So even if they get your passwords they can't access your account without physicaly having the security key .

Really? It seems to me that I have sent and received funds same day in the past using Paypal.

I have that for all my PP accounts. It's a great tool.

I use something similar for a commercial bank account. It works great. Probably everyone will have to go to that eventually. A lot of crooks are taking advantage of PP and ebay.

That key looks cool, I didnt know they offered that. I use a wamu freechecking account linked my paypal account and deposit money into it as I need parts. I figure that way they cant jack my real checking account for the mortgage and at most would get a couple hundred.

Wow , only two days and Paypal has refunded my money :yipi:
Seems my wife accidently opened a link to a fake email asking to upgrade my card info as it had expired :oops: even though she didn't update the info and they didn't get my card or banking information they got my passwords when she logged into the fake site.

Needless to say i have changed all passwords on the computer , limited my Paypal funds and have ordered the security key and she must not reply to any emails unless i look at them first :slap: