Everybody check your PayPal accounts IMMEDIATELY

18 years ago

Sorry to hear about your brothers problems.. Hope he does get it taken care of $1,500 is a good bit of money..

This is why you never release your paypal information to anyone and

Always .... Always .....

Type Paypal in your address bar on your browser, never click on links in email, even if it is from someone you know.. Always go directly to paypal..

Related: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/we...ishing-outside

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Ebbi

18 years ago

WT*... that's horrible news for your brother.
I sure hope he get's all his money back! Make sure he scans his computer for trojans and other kinds of spyware... you never know!

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williamstarrett

18 years ago

Likely he fell victim to phishing.

It's also helpful to always use unique passwords on each site so, in case one account is compromised, the rest aren't as easily.

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dvduval

18 years ago

Thanks for the reminder to transfer funds out of paypal.

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Chris Lockwood

18 years ago

I'm not sure why everybody needs to check their accounts. Did we all fall for a phishing scam?

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Harvey Segal

18 years ago

Originally Posted by Chris Lockwood

I'm not sure why everybody needs to check their accounts. Did we all fall for a phishing scam?

Yep - we all did

Even you Chris

I've just checked your account.

It's all gone.

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TheRichJerksNet 18 years ago

Originally Posted by Harvey.Segal

Yep - we all did

Even you Chris

I've just checked your account.

It's all gone.

.

Ohh that was Chris' paypal I took .. OhMan .. I'm Sorry, I will return it asap Chris..

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Nick Brighton

18 years ago

Originally Posted by Harvey.Segal

Yep - we all did

Even you Chris

I've just checked your account.

It's all gone.

.

Hey Harvey, I wouldn't joke about it, I just checked yours whilst you
were busy checking Chris' and yours is all gone too. Sorry to be the one
to break it to you.

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TheRichJerksNet

18 years ago

Originally Posted by Nick Brighton

Hey Harvey, I wouldn't joke about it, I just checked yours whilst you
were busy checking Chris' and yours is all gone too. Sorry to be the one
to break it to you.

- You guys need to stop checking each others paypal accounts ..lol

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Nick Brighton 18 years ago

Originally Posted by TheRichJerksNet

- You guys need to stop checking each others paypal accounts ..lol

James

Well, we're all here to look after each others backs right? Actually, better
not keep joking about it in case a Paypal employee is on his lunch break...

In all seriousness though, that's bad news. It happens a lot I imagine, but
it's good that PP look after their customers and don't mess around with
getting the funds back.
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Bai_Mike 18 years ago

Originally Posted by TheRichJerksNet

- You guys need to stop checking each others paypal accounts ..lol

James

Humm... send some money over to me whilst you are at it. Lol.
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Thomas

18 years ago

Originally Posted by Nick Brighton

Hey Harvey, I wouldn't joke about it, I just checked yours whilst you
were busy checking Chris' and yours is all gone too. Sorry to be the one
to break it to you.

And, Nick, I was checking yours, while you were checking Harvey's when he was checking Chris's who, if my logs are correct was, in fact, checking mine at the time.

The circle is complete.

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Nick Brighton

18 years ago

Originally Posted by Thomas

And, Nick, I was checking yours, while you were checking Harvey's when he was checking Chris's who, if my logs are correct was, in fact, checking mine at the time.

The circle is complete.

Great, so who's got the biggest? I'm off to buy a new Porsche, someone look after my payments when I'm in Bhali next week? Don't tell anyone my login details on that "other" blackhat forum now will you?

There's a good bunch...

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Ken Strong

18 years ago

Originally Posted by Thomas

And, Nick, I was checking yours, while you were checking Harvey's when he was checking Chris's who, if my logs are correct was, in fact, checking mine at the time.

The circle is complete.

So everyone's money is moving from one account to the next in a circle, with PayPal taking 3% away each time until it's all gone.

Good job, lads! That's the kind of pluck and initiative I like to see from Warriors!

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Thomas

18 years ago

Originally Posted by KenStrong

So everyone's money is moving from one account to the next in a circle, with PayPal taking 3% away each time until it's all gone.

Good job, lads! That's the kind of pluck and initiative I like to see from Warriors!

Did I mention I have shares in PayPal?

More circles please...

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Kevin Riley

18 years ago

Originally Posted by Thomas

And, Nick, I was checking yours, while you were checking Harvey's when he was checking Chris's who, if my logs are correct was, in fact, checking mine at the time.

The circle is complete.

I checked yours, but all I found was a dead moth, a few cobwebs, and an empty bottle. Most disappointing.

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Thomas 18 years ago

Originally Posted by Kevin Riley

I checked yours, but all I found was a dead moth, a few cobwebs, and an empty bottle. Most disappointing.

The bottle is empty?

Damn... the f**kers got me too then!
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NewbiesDiary

18 years ago

Originally Posted by Thomas

And, Nick, I was checking yours, while you were checking Harvey's when he was checking Chris's who, if my logs are correct was, in fact, checking mine at the time.

The circle is complete.

OK- so if the circle is complete - who the hell got mine - Did one of you double dip??

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talfighel

18 years ago

It is VERY important that you always make sure that the https is in the link when you log in.

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e-mail2u

18 years ago

On of the best tools i found to protect me from the phishing scams ia a little add on for fire fox called petname. This allows you to give secure sites a nick name, which will appear in a box in the top right corner of your browser.

This nick name will only appear for this site if the url is the sames as when you created the nick name for the page. If it does not match then the nick name will not show.

This simple tool can and will save your account info from phisher's if used correctly..

Learn more about petname here.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/957

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TheRichJerksNet

18 years ago

The best thing you can do is always go to your address bar on your browser and type in paypal.com - No tools, No Guessing, NoAdd-Ons, No Hassels... Take all but 5 seconds to type in a domain name and hit return.

That 5 seconds could end up saving you a great deal of time and money...

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Steven Carl Kelly

18 years ago

Nope, it apparently wasn't a phishing scam but something else, according to my brother. He spoke at length to PayPal and they said that it appears to be another form of fraud.

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Steven Carl Kelly

18 years ago

I've logged in to every Warrior's PayPal account and set each of you up for a $4.95 per month subscription to my monthly "PayPal Account Checking Service".

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TheRichJerksNet 18 years ago

Originally Posted by faxinator

I've logged in to every Warrior's PayPal account and set each of you up for a $4.95 per month subscription to my monthly "PayPal Account Checking Service".

I wonder what that subscription was for .. Any bonuses ??? Come on a good IM always gives bonuses...

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Amira

18 years ago

Type Paypal in your address bar on your browser, never click on links in email, even if it is from someone you know.. Always go directly to paypal..

Thanks for that tip
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Amira 18 years ago

Originally Posted by Rich Jerks Net

Type Paypal in your address bar on your browser, never click on links in email, even if it is from someone you know.. Always go directly to paypal..

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cloudchaser22

18 years ago

Dear OP,

I got $150 jacked from me too!

It was from a guy named "Richard Allsman"

then i got this message FROM HIM TO ME

"ok thanks for pulling a nub move and retracting the 150 dollars i hope you know youve been reported all over wow gold forums why the **** would you steal 20k gold like that you ****ing ass **** i gave you a great deal what the **** is up with taking it back now paypal not only took the 150 you stole back but now my account is limited and minus 120 dollars all over a game you stupid **** thats bull shit no one will ever sell wow gold to your site again i cant belive you pull'd this shit you ****ing chink why would you wait for 7 or 8 days to do that just to **** me even more? i dont know what your problem is avoiding me on your msn and yahoo is pritty childish dont you think? lucky for me i found your email address on paypal do you not have the balls to tell me why you did this or are you afraid im going to call the cops over 150 dollars? what ever your deal is your ****ed up"

this person sounds a little sounds racist... and CLEARLY he has the wrong person too!

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Dan Grossman 18 years ago

Originally Posted by cloudchaser22

this person sounds a little sounds racist... and CLEARLY he has the wrong person too!

He thinks you're one of the Chinese companies that sells gold to World of Warcraft players (against the game's TOS of course).

Are you?

My mage on my girlfriend's realm could use some gold...
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18 years ago

Originally Posted by cloudchaser22

Dear OP,

I got $150 jacked from me too!

It was from a guy named "Richard Allsman"

then i got this message FROM HIM TO ME

"ok thanks for pulling a nub move and retracting the 150 dollars i hope you know youve been reported all over wow gold forums why the **** would you steal 20k gold like that you ****ing ass **** i gave you a great deal what the **** is up with taking it back now paypal not only took the 150 you stole back but now my account is limited and minus 120 dollars all over a game you stupid **** thats bull shit no one will ever sell wow gold to your site again i cant belive you pull'd this shit you ****ing chink why would you wait for 7 or 8 days to do that just to **** me even more? i dont know what your problem is avoiding me on your msn and yahoo is pritty childish dont you think? lucky for me i found your email address on paypal do you not have the balls to tell me why you did this or are you afraid im going to call the cops over 150 dollars? what ever your deal is your ****ed up"

this person sounds a little sounds racist... and CLEARLY he has the wrong person too!

I think your PayPal address was used by a scheming individual to defraud Mr. Allsman of $150. Being an avid World of Warcraft player, I am quite familiar with the sale of online gold for real world cash. Chances are, the said scheming individual promised Mr. Allsman $150 in exchange for the latter's in-game 20,000 gold. Probably, the said scheming individual sent a message to Mr. Allsman stating something like "send me your 20,000 gold and expect payment via PayPal from this address."

Worse...

thats bull shit no one will ever sell wow gold to your site again i cant belive you pull'd this shit

It seems like the said scheming individual is operating an MMORPG gold selling website, and is using your PayPal address to trick people into selling their MMORPG gold to the service.

In retaliation, Mr. Allsman might've targeted your email address.

Perhaps a correspondence with Mr. Allsman is in order? He might continue to operate under the mistaken impression that you are the person who defrauded him. He may continue to ransack your PayPal address, or he may warn people against transacting with the PayPal address which happens to belong to you and this may affect your own business.

Originally Posted by Dan Grossman

My mage on my girlfriend's realm could use some gold...

Dan, if your mage's on Aman'Thul US, I'll lend you some.

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Floyd Fisher

18 years ago

Originally Posted by cloudchaser22

Dear OP,

I got $150 jacked from me too!

It was from a guy named "Richard Allsman"

then i got this message FROM HIM TO ME

"ok thanks for pulling a nub move and retracting the 150 dollars i hope you know youve been reported all over wow gold forums why the **** would you steal 20k gold like that you ****ing ass **** i gave you a great deal what the **** is up with taking it back now paypal not only took the 150 you stole back but now my account is limited and minus 120 dollars all over a game you stupid **** thats bull shit no one will ever sell wow gold to your site again i cant belive you pull'd this shit you ****ing chink why would you wait for 7 or 8 days to do that just to **** me even more? i dont know what your problem is avoiding me on your msn and yahoo is pritty childish dont you think? lucky for me i found your email address on paypal do you not have the balls to tell me why you did this or are you afraid im going to call the cops over 150 dollars? what ever your deal is your ****ed up"

this person sounds a little sounds racist... and CLEARLY he has the wrong person too!

Did you forward said info to Secret Service. I'm sure he'll love that visit.

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theshkay89 18 years ago

paypal oh paypal,its a necessary evil..i did a launch in my niche 6 months ago and they held up my 50 grand til like a month ago...i had to pay my jv partners and affiliates with my own pocket first..but,yeah,we still need them..
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Nick Brighton

18 years ago

That sounds like either that person genuinely got the wrong person and is trying to claim the money back from them (who is actually you now!) or they are trying to pull a false claim on random people.

I can't see how that would work, as they would need proof to go with those fries.

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karenlapitan

18 years ago

Paypal scams are horrible. Good thing is, I don't have any big amount in my account; just $5.

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Steven Carl Kelly 18 years ago

Originally Posted by karenlapitan

Paypal scams are horrible. Good thing is, I don't have any big amount in my account; just $5.

Yes, but my brother had nothing in his account, either. The money was taken through PayPal from his business checking account, which is linked to the PayPal account.
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e-mail2u

18 years ago

How many of you actually type www.paypal.com every time you go to your pay pal account or do you have it bookmarked. If bookmarked what happens if your browser is hi-jacked...Think about it.

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TheRichJerksNet

18 years ago

Originally Posted by e-mail2u

How many of you actually type www.paypal.com every time you go to your pay pal account or do you have it bookmarked. If bookmarked what happens if your browser is hi-jacked...Think about it.

I type it in every single time .. no bookmarks.. I have always typed it in.

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Dan Grossman

18 years ago

Originally Posted by e-mail2u

How many of you actually type www.paypal.com every time you go to your pay pal account or do you have it bookmarked. If bookmarked what happens if your browser is hi-jacked...Think about it.

If your browser is hijacked, it doesn't matter whether you type it or click a bookmark. Your hosts file can be changed to bring you to a different IP address when you access paypal.com no matter how you got there. You'd see paypal.com in your address bar. But you won't see the green bar and lock from their extended validation SSL certificate.

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awesometbn

18 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Grossman

If your browser is hijacked, it doesn't matter whether you type it or click a bookmark. Your hosts file can be changed to bring you to a different IP address when you access paypal.com no matter how you got there. You'd see paypal.com in your address bar. But you won't see the green bar and lock from their extended validation SSL certificate.

An old trick to stop this is to set your hosts file to read-only permissions. For Microsoft Windows open Windows Explorer and navigate to,

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

Open the hosts file (no file extension) with Notepad to see what's in it, or if you need to edit. When you are done saving your changes, just right click on the file to view properties and click the checkbox for Read-only. That simple trick goes a long way to protecting yourself from unauthorized changes to the file.

The next thing you would have to be aware of is changes to your DNS settings on the home computer, and upstream on your router device, and if you're really paranoid, all the way to your ISP. Some people use OpenDNS for that very purpose, to avoid their ISP and block specific categories of nonsense on the web.

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NewbiesDiary

18 years ago

Originally Posted by e-mail2u

How many of you actually type www.paypal.com every time you go to your pay pal account or do you have it bookmarked. If bookmarked what happens if your browser is hi-jacked...Think about it.

I do, every single time (I can type quicker than I can find a bookmark) - but i put one o'them ".au"s on the end

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tommygadget

18 years ago

Originally Posted by e-mail2u

How many of you actually type www.paypal.com every time you go to your pay pal account or do you have it bookmarked. If bookmarked what happens if your browser is hi-jacked...Think about it.

I do. Every time. All banking accounts. Every time. It's worth the effort.

TomG.

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cloudchaser22

18 years ago

there are chinese companies that sell gold to World of Warcraft players?

no I don't even play this game lol...

this guy sounds like a geek no offense

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PatriotsFan84

18 years ago

Damn that sucks how did that happen do you guys know?

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Steven Carl Kelly 18 years ago

Originally Posted by PatriotsFan84

Damn that sucks how did that happen do you guys know?

PayPal won't give him definite specifics, but they know who it is and how they did it.
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Felix Makmur

18 years ago

Thanks for the warning. Last time my Paypal account was also hijacked and the hijacker took out $150 from my bank account without my knowledge to purchase something online. Fortunately, I get my money back from the company where he purchases the product.

Btw, just some head up as well. Asking Paypal for assistance is usually gonna be useless since they always keep answering things that you don't ask.

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Kay King 18 years ago

Perhaps a correspondence with Mr. Allsman is in order?

I would never reply to anything that rude and uncouth. I would forward it to paypal for them to review and would request an answer from paypal as to what is going on.

Replying to someone like that isn't wise. As paypal seems to be involved in the mistake it's important to go through them about it.

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cloudchaser22

18 years ago

Originally Posted by zenmagic

Thanks for the warning. Last time my Paypal account was also hijacked and the hijacker took out $150 from my bank account without my knowledge to purchase something online. Fortunately, I get my money back from the company where he purchases the product.

Btw, just some head up as well. Asking Paypal for assistance is usually gonna be useless since they always keep answering things that you don't ask.

Felix

I disagree with this.

I called in and the lady was very helpful in answering my question.

Within week or so, I got my full refund back.

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Felix Makmur

18 years ago

Hi cloudchaser22, I actually mean if you ask them assistance via emails. Cause every reply that they gave to me came from different agents every time and it always answer the questions that you didn't actually ask. My emails correspondence with Paypal happened almost 10-15 times and it still didn't resolve the issue. At the end, I have to find a way myself to get my money back.

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18 years ago

Originally Posted by zenmagic

Hi cloudchaser22, I actually mean if you ask them assistance via emails. Cause every reply that they gave to me came from different agents every time and it always answer the questions that you didn't actually ask. My emails correspondence with Paypal happened almost 10-15 times and it still didn't resolve the issue. At the end, I have to find a way myself to get my money back.

Felix

I have to agree with this, they tend to reply your e-mails with a pre-written answer, mostly taken directly from their FAQs or terms and conditions.

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18 years ago

Originally Posted by zenmagic

Hi cloudchaser22, I actually mean if you ask them assistance via emails. Cause every reply that they gave to me came from different agents every time and it always answer the questions that you didn't actually ask. My emails correspondence with Paypal happened almost 10-15 times and it still didn't resolve the issue. At the end, I have to find a way myself to get my money back.

Felix

& then 2 days later paypal send you an email asking you to fill a survey about the satisfaction you have with their service - man that email'd be soooooo long!!

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tommyp

18 years ago

This happened to me about 2 months ago. Someone used my Paypal to buy an iphone or something off ebay. About $300. I got it back. This guy does this repeatedly and he keeps buying the same thing over and over.

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Dan Grossman

18 years ago

If you have a problem getting help by e-mail, pick up the phone and call. Every time I do they pick up immediately and the people have always been helpful. I use the business support number I found on their site somewhere.

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Dean Dhuli

18 years ago

Here's a tip for those of you who use Roboform...

When you're saving your Paypal password in Roboform for the first time, enter (Paypal.com) in your address bar directly and browse to that site.

Now when you enter your ID and password, Roboform will ask to save it. Save it.

The beauty of this is that if you're at some phishing website instead of the Paypal main site, the Paypal passcard will NOT appear in your Roboform toolbar. It shows up only when you're at the original Paypal site.

And you also don't have to enter paypal.com into your address bar every time you access your account. Roboform will automatically access the authentic site and log into your account.

Hope this helps.

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davetdgs

18 years ago

Thanks for the warning. When I start getting money coming in I'll have to watch for problems. Don't have any yet, problems that is.

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Zachary R. Skinner

18 years ago

This happened to me 5 1/2 years ago. They emptied my checking account which caused my account to become overdrawn.

Nearly 3 years later I received the overdraft charges from paypal thanks to a class action lawsuit.

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18 years ago

I think this involves only a few people.. not the masses

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psresearch

18 years ago

What about those of us using Roboform?

Would I Still be safer entering the site directly?

What are the risks if I continue to logon using RoboForm?

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18 years ago

Hello markquinn,
I would say RoboForm is a good idea because of the encryption feature to hide your passwords. Below is an excerpt from their FAQ.

Q: How are my Identities and Passcards encrypted?
A: Your Identities and Passcards are encrypted using AES, BlowFish, RC6 or 3DES algorithm and the encryption / decryption key is generated from the Master Password. This encryption method makes your data very secure and even if hackers come into possession of your Identity and Passcard files, they will have to crack one of these encryption algorithm without knowing the key which is considered impossible. By default AES encryption is used.

But you would still want to be diligent about protecting your computer from trojans and keyloggers. The strongest passphrase in history can still be broken by an attacker if he can simply copy your keystrokes.

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SullyUI

18 years ago

Originally Posted by faxinator

My brother just called. He found out this morning that his PayPal account got jacked for $1,500 -- this is the account that is linked to his actual business checking account. PayPal will restore the funds, but it could take up to 9 business days to get it back.

Thanks for the heads up, I checked mine...sounds like some security issues are at hand.

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reclusivecopy

18 years ago

No problems with my acct.

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John Henderson

18 years ago

Hey in The Netherlands, youngsters steal virtual stuff the old fashioned way...

Stealing virtual goods is a crime, according to a ruling handed down by a judge in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, this week.

The decision came in the case of a 16-year-old boy charged with beating another teenager in the victim's room and stealing virtual property. On Sept. 6 last year the defendant forced the 13-year-old victim to log in to RuneScape and hand over the money and virtual goods he possessed in the virtual world, according to the charges.

Netherlands teen sentenced for stealing virtual goods - Digital Lifestyle - Macworld UK

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Floyd Bogart

18 years ago

Sounds like the next big service should be "PayPal Account Insurance"!

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getmorebuyers

18 years ago

I never leave too much funds in paypal. I usually transfer anything over $100 bucks. Sorry to hear about your brother and I hope he takes the steps to make his account safer and delete emails that come disguised as paypal. These people have no conscience.

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jjpmarketing 18 years ago

I probably get 3 or 4 paypal phishing emails a week. I've reported to paypal and the email provider (MSN) multiple times, to no avail. Now I just ignore the emails.

I regularly clear my cookies and temporary internet files as a precautionary measure against any malware or spyware in addition to having Symantec Corporate edition on my PC's.

I also always type the full URL to paypal. I also close my browser and re-open if I catch an email like that.

Setting the hosts file to read only was a nice tip.
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Norma Holt

18 years ago

Phishing is how the hackers get your information and, of course, if your account is linked to your bank they can withdraw a lot of money.

Someone hacked my back account recently and took all my funds. Apparently they got the details from a card swipe machine that dishes out a paper full of your details. The bank replaced the money after a lot of communication.

It pays to be doubly careful.

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Adam Kenzington

18 years ago

I'm sorry for your brother's dilema.

He can avoid this in the future by purchasing the "PayPal Security Key" for $5 from the PayPal site.

You wear it on your keyring and when you log in, besides asking for your regular password, it will prompt you to enter the randomly generated Security Key number.

That way no one will be able to access your account, except you.

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Leanne King

18 years ago

Wow! thanks for this. I use robo form so I feel okay there but holding onto your money!! Eek I'm off to do a transfer now!

Leanne

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