Weird Paypal Transaction

[budsbundy]

Paypal never emails you aside from your monthly statement.

These were super legit looking, and came to my regular email account and not junk.

So legit looking that I thought I might have been scammed and couldn't wait to get home and log into paypal and see.

The Britain purchase one came in as Receipt for payment, and I know paypal sends you those emails when you buy something, so it almost fooled me into thinking I'd been hacked.

[comicdonna]

Paypal never emails you aside from your monthly statement.

I have got legitimate e-mails from them. One time I received 3 10K non ebay payments for board purchases. The e-mail said they limited my account. I had to prove I owned the books before they would unlock it. That was after both buyer and myself spoke to paypal on the phone.

 

 

[CAHokie]

Paypal never emails you aside from your monthly statement.

 

That's not true at all. I get e-mailed whenever I purchase anything, special offers, and Paypal news. Now, if you said they will never e-mail you asking you to fill in account information to an external link or something then you would be right.

[kav]

yeah thats what i meant

[kav]

And they always use your full name. No 'dear customer'.

[kav]

Fraud emails should be forwarded to spoof@paypal.com

[comicdonna]

Fraud emails should be forwarded to spoof@paypal.com

I've reported many.

[kav]

[thehumantorch]

I'd still change all my passwords - eBay's, PayPal's and associated banking.

 

 

 

-slym

 

This is good advice. Perhaps someone has cracked your ebay or paypal password and is testing it out before going on a buying spree.

[slym2none]

I... I actually gave good advice?

 

I can die happy now.

 

 

 

 

-slym (mess-postin'!)

[tv horror]

This happened to me and the reason was my keyboard was touch sensitive, I use a wireless keyboard with a touch pad and you only have to stare at the thing and it clicks on it and places a bid or buy it now. BIN is the worse as it is only one click while the bid asks for a price. Maybe this is what happened.

[KPR Comics]

Ambien :shrug:

[oldbsturgeon]

I have the weirdest paypal story. Several years ago I received an email that due to a chargeback error I had been debited too much and I was getting money back with interest, around 40. I didn't have to do anything just wait.

I called paypal and they told me it was fake. I sent it to spoof and it was legit so I call back and they say the spoof dept is bad at their job!?

I srnd it again, yep still legit... So i wait. About a month later I have 40 in my account direct from paypal. I call and ask about details and the rep says she doesnt have clearance to see who initiated the refund. When I asked who could do that in paypal, she said I Imagine someone pretty high up.

[thehumantorch]

I... I actually gave good advice?

 

I can die happy now.

 

 

 

 

-slym (mess-postin'!)

 

Even a blind skunk can find a walnut.......

[kav]

I have the weirdest paypal story. Several years ago I received an email that due to a chargeback error I had been debited too much and I was getting money back with interest, around 40. I didn't have to do anything just wait.

I called paypal and they told me it was fake. I sent it to spoof and it was legit so I call back and they say the spoof dept is bad at their job!?

I srnd it again, yep still legit... So i wait. About a month later I have 40 in my account direct from paypal. I call and ask about details and the rep says she doesnt have clearance to see who initiated the refund. When I asked who could do that in paypal, she said I Imagine someone pretty high up.

Wh-

[StuporMan]

My eBay account was brute-forced once because a bidder got butt-hurt from a non-payer case. He bought a bit-coin, so there's no address to trace it to. Your account can also be hacked from a vulnerability in the password reset. Someone can "intercept" the change password e-mail, change your password and then have a free day with your account. Most scams involve links masked by the text to the (fake) link:

 

For example:

 

Also, never follow the links in suspicious e-mails, always log directly into your account.

[slym2none]

I always love getting email from "PayPal" or "eBay" - all you have to do is fly-over the link and you can see that the link is something like Asnujnb8jhns345.0o0o0O.agar.net... IDK how anyone can fall for that trick anymore.

 

 

 

 

-slym

[rjrjr]

This happened to me and the reason was my keyboard was touch sensitive, I use a wireless keyboard with a touch pad and you only have to stare at the thing and it clicks on it and places a bid or buy it now. BIN is the worse as it is only one click while the bid asks for a price. Maybe this is what happened.

 

Isn't there a confirmation on a BIN? I could be wrong, but I thought you had to confirm and it isn't one-click.

[rjrjr]

My eBay account was brute-forced once because a bidder got butt-hurt from a non-payer case. He bought a bit-coin, so there's no address to trace it to. Your account can also be hacked from a vulnerability in the password reset. Someone can "intercept" the change password e-mail, change your password and then have a free day with your account. Most scams involve links masked by the text to the (fake) link:

 

For example:

 

Also, never follow the links in suspicious e-mails, always log directly into your account.

 

PayPal has 2-factor authentication which I feel is a must for an online bank.