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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 03:45 PM
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i know a lot of people on here use pay pal so i figured i would give yall a heads up. somehow my pay pal account was hacked and $955.32 was sent to a julie white with a julieebayn@googlemail.com e-mail address. it was sent in british currency, so 500 their money was $955 american. im trying to get everything straightened out. pay pal noticed it was accessed by a third party and is holding the funds, so pay pal and my bank are investigating it. so if i were yall i would change your password and security questions. dont sit there and say "it wont happen to me", cuz it will. better safe than sorry. so change yo ****.
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 04:00 PM
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my password is very hard, noone could figure it out.
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 04:02 PM
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Alpha-numeric and case sensitive here. Broke *** bank account too, just be a really pissed off thief.
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Originally Posted by Spritle
Alpha-numeric and case sensitive here. Broke *** bank account too, just be a really pissed off thief.
+1.
I have a separate account at a separate bank for my Paypal account, and it is usually empty.
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 04:05 PM
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Alpha-numeric and case sensitive here. Broke *** bank account too, just be a really pissed off thief.
+2,,,,,
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 04:05 PM
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wow, thats a good idea to have a seperate account and only put money in it when you want to buy something. i will probably do that.
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 04:42 PM
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Alpha-numeric and case sensitive here. Broke *** bank account too, just be a really pissed off thief.

+1 haha. That money gets deposited to my account, its going to used towards overdraft fees.

really pissed off thief.
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the amount of money stolen from my account would cover the paypal transferring fee so + 2, pissssssed off thief lol.
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I made a paypal transfer yesterday for 524.00 and they called me within 10 minutes of the transaction to confirm it was me. I was actually very impressed. Sorry to hear that someone was able to get one over, I know your bank and paypal will protect you, but thanks for letting everyone know. Better safe than sorry
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You guys have me worried/scared right now. After all of these years trying to avoid using Paypal, I finally broke down and started an account and am buying little things left and right for the car.
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Grimlock
You guys have me worried/scared right now. After all of these years trying to avoid using Paypal, I finally broke down and started an account and am buying little things left and right for the car.
Just do what I did man. Create a separate account at a different bank and keep it empty and just transfer money to it when you wanna buy something.
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What ever you do, dont click on a "Paypal" link from your emails. Just open a new window and go to the site from there.
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Originally Posted by Sarge_13
+1.
I have a separate account at a separate bank for my Paypal account, and it is usually empty.
Thats what I have. I don't keep much in my Paypal account or that bank account.
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hey Eddie, i'm hacking your **** right now... LS7 on the way!
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Originally Posted by Dirty 30
What ever you do, dont click on a "Paypal" link from your emails. Just open a new window and go to the site from there.
true dat true dat
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Originally Posted by Dirty 30
What ever you do, dont click on a "Paypal" link from your emails. Just open a new window and go to the site from there.
Sorry for my naiveness on that, like I said, I've only been using ebay for about 2 or 3 weeks now but need to be educated on why and why not about the clicking on email/site. *shrugging*
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Fake links to an identical page could be in the link that contains a key logger.

That'll record your every keystroke, like say.. your username and password
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My paypal has been hacked before and password changed. Guy stole a bunch of money. Got everything back easily with paypal's help
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so 500 their money was $955 american.
Your calculation is off somewhere. 500 EUR is 733.80 USD. 955 USD is 650.72 EUR.
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 05:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Morbid
Your calculation is off somewhere. 500 EUR is 733.80 USD. 955 USD is 650.72 EUR.
well its in british pounds not euros.
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