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  • Rex
    Confirmed User
    • May 2002
    • 2241

    #1

    paypal fraud

    Anybody else been a victim of paypal fraud lately? Yesterday I had someone get into my account somehow and send themself 530 dollars. Of course I notified paypal immediatley and am currently going through the fraud proceedings. I am just curious if anybody else has ever had this happen.
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  • eru
    Confirmed User
    • Mar 2002
    • 2612

    #2
    Get a real bank account -- only use paypal for transfers. It's pathetic keeping money in such a high-risk environment.
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    • Rex
      Confirmed User
      • May 2002
      • 2241

      #3
      They transfered it from my credit card...........
      I don't own RexMag anymore.

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      • nocostporn
        Confirmed User
        • Mar 2002
        • 5228

        #4
        give me your paypal login and password,I'll investigate it for you
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        • Mr.Fiction
          Confirmed User
          • Feb 2002
          • 9484

          #5
          Originally posted by nocostporn
          give me your paypal login and password,I'll investigate it for you
          YGM
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          • theking
            Nice Kitty
            • Sep 2002
            • 21053

            #6
            Originally posted by Rex
            They transfered it from my credit card...........
            Can you clarify. Are you saying that you do not have funds desposited with PayPal but that someone managed to access your credit card info via PayPal? Or someone that had your credit card info used that info to transfer money to themselves via PayPal?
            Last edited by theking; 09-20-2002, 10:00 PM.
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            • untitled
              Confirmed User
              • Aug 2002
              • 352

              #7
              http://www.paypalsucks.com
              Suicide isn't so bad, give it a chance...

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              • tree
                Confirmed User
                • Nov 2001
                • 1601

                #8
                fuck gaypal

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                • Mr.Fiction
                  Confirmed User
                  • Feb 2002
                  • 9484

                  #9
                  Originally posted by theking


                  Can you clarify. Are you saying that you do not have funds desposited with PayPal but that someone managed to access your credit card info via PayPal? Or someone that had your credit card info used that info to transfer money to themselves via PayPal?
                  If you want to send money via Pay Pal, you can put a CC on file. In fact, if you want to send a lot of money (thousands), you need to have one, I think, or they will keep locking up your bank account and you'll have to wait until they unlock it.

                  He probably had his credit card on file and someone hacked his account and sent money using his card. That's my guess.
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                  • bawdy
                    Confirmed User
                    • Feb 2002
                    • 1424

                    #10
                    how hard would have your password been to brute force... did u use random characters and numbers?

                    just interested, trying to figure out how at risk accounts are

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                    • theking
                      Nice Kitty
                      • Sep 2002
                      • 21053

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Mr.Fiction


                      If you want to send money via Pay Pal, you can put a CC on file. In fact, if you want to send a lot of money (thousands), you need to have one, I think, or they will keep locking up your bank account and you'll have to wait until they unlock it.

                      He probably had his credit card on file and someone hacked his account and sent money using his card. That's my guess.
                      I don't use PayPal unless I must. I have had to use it for some purchases because that was the only means of payment allowed. That required me to provide CC info to PayPal and funds were transferred from the CC to the provider of the purchase. Is this what you mean by having a CC on file?
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                      • Gemini
                        Confirmed User
                        • Jan 2001
                        • 7183

                        #12
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                        • pr0
                          rockin tha trailerpark
                          • May 2001
                          • 23088

                          #13
                          quit making your password "thematrix" & "iamgod"

                          Make it like 287uuPxCj#8
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                          • theking
                            Nice Kitty
                            • Sep 2002
                            • 21053

                            #14
                            Originally posted by pr0
                            quit making your password "thematrix" & "iamgod"

                            Make it like 287uuPxCj#8
                            Huh?
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                            • playa
                              Confirmed User
                              • Feb 2001
                              • 6432

                              #15
                              Originally posted by theking


                              Huh?
                              Make it a different combination of characters,,

                              ie add numbers and capitall letters,,


                              and please do not make your password "money"

                              LOL

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                              • theking
                                Nice Kitty
                                • Sep 2002
                                • 21053

                                #16
                                Originally posted by playa


                                Make it a different combination of characters,,

                                ie add numbers and capitall letters,,


                                and please do not make your password "money"

                                LOL
                                Gotcha
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                                • Rictor
                                  Old Timer
                                  • Jan 2001
                                  • 12208

                                  #17
                                  Hmm...was it a lucky guess of a common password? Did you leave your account logged in a public computer? Or was your password good and the account was just hacked somehow? Kinda scary.

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                                  • theking
                                    Nice Kitty
                                    • Sep 2002
                                    • 21053

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by Rex
                                    Anybody else been a victim of paypal fraud lately? Yesterday I had someone get into my account somehow and send themself 530 dollars. Of course I notified paypal immediatley and am currently going through the fraud proceedings. I am just curious if anybody else has ever had this happen.
                                    I should have mentioned this before. I think you should not depend upon PayPals investigation but deal directly with your CC holder.
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                                    FOR THE LYING LOWLIFE POSTING AS PATHFINDER...http://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-pr...athfinder.html

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                                    • Jakke PNG
                                      ex-TeenGodFather
                                      • Nov 2001
                                      • 20306

                                      #19
                                      My passwords everywhere are either
                                      qwerty
                                      or
                                      asdf
                                      ..and I'm off.

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                                      • drumsicle
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Jul 2001
                                        • 1049

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by TeenGodFather
                                        My passwords everywhere are either
                                        qwerty
                                        or
                                        asdf
                                        I usually use 1234, but my password on paypal is paypal.
                                        Another worthless post?

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