So, my PayPal was hacked...

[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.

[Catty1]

A lot of the hacking and theft can come from dishonest employees - and PayPal has a ton of people working for them!

I'd hate to be a manager there and try to stay on top of it all...I think the customers filing fraud charges and taking other actions are the only way the 'bad guys' can really get caught and punished.

If I ever move to the USA...I will KNOW to not set up an account with BOA. Thanks for the heads up!