Just this morning I see this bogus message saying I bought something and to contact them to cancel. Just delete and move on.
A credit card.If not PayPal then what is a good option?
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I've had 3 credit cards hacked in the last 1-1/2 years, but have never had my PayPal account hacked. Of course I'm not responsible for the credit card fraud, but it's a hassle to go through every time. And I really don't use my credit very much, and it's only stored on-line at 3 different places like Amazon, eBay, etc ... big sellers who you'd think would have a secure website. I've bought things on-line from AliExpress (China), using PayPal ... there is absolutely NO WAY I'm going to store my credit card number on that website.A credit card.
Number spoofing? Was there any way to verify you were actually talking to someone at PayPal when you called?That’s why I checked the real phone number on paypal.com and it matched the one on the email. That’s the number I called and got the scammers.
I use eBay with PayPal as little as possible. I just bought a $10 gasket on eBay and paid with PayPal. First use in 6 months.I had two fraudulent money request on my Paypal account in the last two weeks. I get an email saying to call the number within 24 hours. I get a lot of fake Paypal emails so I logged in to my account and the fraudulent request in on my profile. I called the number and it took forever to get through. It kept disconnecting on me. I talked to ” Bob” in India and he noted the fraud and told me to change my password. I did all that and another $500 fraudulent request showed up today. I called the number and it sounded like some guy was sitting on his couch in Mumbai watching TV and answering the phone. For a large financial company, you would think they would have a more professional customer service call center. He said he will set up a two step log in to block the fraud. I already have to put a code in that they send me every time I log in. I use Payal for most of my online transactions because they always claim their security over just using a credit card. These two fraudulent transactions and calling Mumbai, Kentucky just doesn’t sit right with me. I think I will close my account with them. What’s your take on Paypal?
What would happen if you did nothing? Just because someone sends you a payment request does not mean PayPal will do anything without you taking some action to approve it.Here's one of the several of these we have gotten reported to the security operations center team today, of course, the 800 number is NOT paypal but rather some call center in India or Cambodia, two places that people are forced into servitude scamming people.
We have detected some fraudulently activities with your PayPal account. If you did not make this transaction, please call us as soon as possible at toll free number+1 (800 number redacted) . to cancel and claim a refund. If this is not the case, you will be charged $699. 99 today. Within the automated deduction of the amount, this transaction will reflect on PayPal activity after 24 hours. Our Service Hours: (06:00 a. m. to 06:00 p. m. Pacific Time, Monday through Friday)
Because these come from the actual Paypal email server with the actual payments address, we have to work harder to find these ones on the email server to hard delete them. The fraud ones are mixed in with hundreds of legit ones and they mostly all have the same subjects.
I've used PayPal on eBay a lot, and never any issues.I use eBay with PayPal as little as possible.