So, my PayPal was hacked...

[kuhio98]

I don't even have a paypal account and I got screwed!

A week ago today, I got a call from the fraud department of my credit card. Several suspicious transactions thru PAYPAL had recently been charged to my credit card. We were able to clear them up. I had to cancel my card and they are going to send me a new one.

This is the 2nd time this has happened to me. All the fraudulent charges go through PAYPAL. I will never open an account with them.

[jennielynn1970]

Dang. My bank didn't even mention canceling my card or anything. They were just like "We can't do anything until this clears, it causes too much paperwork."

Bank of America my @$$.

[Jessika]

I can't give you any suggestions other than what's already been said, and to say I've been with Bank of America before and they sucked SOOO bad, they are TERRIBLE when it comes to disputes, which is why I left them.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Jenn, I'm so sorry to hear this. I sure hope that you can clear this all up quickly. I have a paypal account but I rarely use it. I've been receiveing e-mails saying that someone was trying to get into my account and that they needed my account information etc. I didn't respond but I found out that this e-mail is just a scam and it's a fake e-mail trying to portay that it's from paypal. I think I'm going to cancel my paypal account right now so I don't have any future problems. I hope that things will work out for you. Good luck.

[Catty1]

PayPal is not the source of those spam emails. You will keep getting them whether you have a PayPal account or not. The spammers 'bank' on the fact that MANY people have a PP account, so the odds are in their favour.

Open the email to display full headers, and forward it to: [email protected]

HINT: A real email will address you by your name, not "PayPal Customer".

[jennielynn1970]

I haven't gotten any of those emails. I remember getting them on my work email, but my PayPal address is my personal email.

That's why I'm just so confused. I got nothing like people phishing for info, and then no email saying that there was a purchase. I'm confused about that, I mean, I should have gotten something from PayPal saying I made a purchase.
Argh. I'll have to see if they can find out the IP address of the person who made the purchase, and see who they actually are.

I keep checking to see if the merchant has responded to the claim, but so far, nothing. I'm not patient. This is ticking me off even more.

[cyber-sibes]

I googled paypal right after signing up and before ever using them and immediately cancelled my account when I saw how many charges of fraud have been linked to them. There's definitely a problem going on there.

It may be worth it to cancel your card NOW, before the charges go through. Even if it means an overdraft charge, that can be reimbursed to you when all this gets straightened out. You could contact Amazon & explain, they probably would also dismiss the overdraft fee under the circumstances.

Good luck, Jenn

[Grace]

According to This Site - Paypal is NOT a bank, they do not need to follow federal banking regulations.

[Daisy and Delilah]

I don't even have a paypal account and I got screwed!

A week ago today, I got a call from the fraud department of my credit card. Several suspicious transactions thru PAYPAL had recently been charged to my credit card. We were able to clear them up. I had to cancel my card and they are going to send me a new one.

This is the 2nd time this has happened to me. All the fraudulent charges go through PAYPAL. I will never open an account with them.

A week ago, I got an email from Paypal telling me my account was on hold because some unidentified person had accessed my account.
The funny part.....I closed my Paypal account three months ago. I don't have one either. I didn't think much about it until I read this thread. Hmmmmmmm, I wonder what's going on?

By the way: I cancelled my account because I had alot of trouble with them. I don't like PP at all.

Edited to add: I just read the rest of the thread. I was told to update info also but I ignored it. Sure seems that the Paypal name is giving us more problems than it's worth.

[Puckstop31]

Bummer Jenn.....


Good luck getting things straight. Tanya deals with PayPal fmor time to time and gets frustrated.


As for BOA.... Dump them. Find a small, local bank. I use a small local bank and the service is AWESOME. I talk to a real person everytime. Even better, they gave the finger to the feds who tried to force them to take stimulus money. They did not want the strings attached with that.

[Twisterdog]

That is really scary. I've had a Paypal account for years and years, and never had a problem at all.

I don't have anything going to my bank account, though. I have it put on my credit card. I figured that way it is a double dose of fraud protection, once from Paypal and once from the credit card.

[wombat2u2004]

That is really scary. I've had a Paypal account for years and years, and never had a problem at all.

I don't have anything going to my bank account, though. I have it put on my credit card. I figured that way it is a double dose of fraud protection, once from Paypal and once from the credit card.

Yep, that's what I do.
PP is linked to a credit card only....I have one just for PP, and the credit limit has been set at $100. I keep the balance of that credit card at about $10, and when I win something on eBay, I top the card up, and pay for the item within a few minutes.
There is no way that PP would ever get my main banking account details.