So, my PayPal was hacked...

[Catlady711]

Seeing as how this 1 1/2 year old thread got bumped, now I'm curious.

Jen, how did the situation work out in the end??

[Laura's Babies]

I get emails from pay pal all the time wanting me to update my information and they even provide a link to it for me to click on..... Thing is I don't have a PP account and never have..

Somehow, these people phished your account. If not through a email then throug a mirrow sight that you thought was PP... I think that is what happened due to the password you said you use... OR it is someone you know that found your password..

I am unclear on one point... Pay Pal and the Bank of America.. (since I never have had a PP account) Does PP put your money in BOA and you get a statement from the BOA and not PP? Just how are the 2 connected is what I am asking I guess..

[Catty1]

As PayPal says, they will NEVER ask for account information by email, and even if they DO email you, they will call you by name, not 'dear PayPal client" or etc.

Here's where to send the offending emails: [email protected] Include all the headers.

[Vio&Juni]

With any bank or any account, if you get an e-mail telling you to update your information or stuff like this, do not use any link in the e-mail. Go to the bank website, the one you know, and update information from the site, if you want to do it, not from the link you're given.

Jen, I am curious to know how things worked out in the end. I am using a PayPal account.

[jennielynn1970]

Can you believe it's STILL not resolved!!! Almost 2 years later and the fees still stand and they won't back down. I refuse to pay for something that someone else bought on my dime. It's just not happening.

[happylabs]

Can you believe it's STILL not resolved!!! Almost 2 years later and the fees still stand and they won't back down. I refuse to pay for something that someone else bought on my dime. It's just not happening.

That really stinks! I missed this when you originally posted it. I don't blame you. Don't back down. These darn hackers should find something constructive to do with their brains.