PAYPAL WARNING!!! BE CAREFUL!

[redneckmom77]

THIS HAPPENED TO MY DAD, HE WAS CHECKING HIS FUNDS AT HIS BANK, AND HE WAS $300+ LESS THAN WAS SUPPOSED TO BE. IT SHOWED PAYPAL TRANSACTIONS, THE BANK COULDN'T DO ANYTHING, SO THEY TOLD HIM TO CONTACT PAYPAL. HE DID AND THEY ARE INVESTIGATING, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF CHARGES, INCLUDING A COUPLE IN EUROS. IT WILL TAKE ABOUT 10 DAYS TO COMPLETE THE INVESTIGATION, BUT UNTIL THEN HE DOESN'T GET THAT MONEY BACK. PAYPAL IS SUPPOSED TO BE SO SECURE, BUT YOU NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR ANY KIND OF SNEAKY CRAP LIKE THAT. HE WATCHES FOR THOSE EMAILS CLAIMING TO BE PAYPAL AND DELETES THEM AS THEY COME, BUT IF YOU GET ANY KIND OF SPY-WARE, THIS COULD HAPPEN. JUST A FRIENDLY WARNING TO ALL THAT USE PAYPAL, YOU NEVER KNOW WHO THESE CROOKS WILL GET NEXT TIME..... :wave:

 

[pmeek]

:cussing: Darn those scammers! I had $1000 charged on my credit card thru Paypal. Luckily, I just contacted the credit card company and it was immediately taken care of. It's not as easy to get your money returned when you are using funds directly from your bank account. Hope it all works out for him. I now use a different email for Paypal than I do for Ebay and other money transactions and haven't had any more trouble.

 

[dansbrat]

I haven't used my Paypal acct since forever...but after reading these posts I went in & checked it out...everything A ok here! Thanks for the post redneckmom.