[meteorite-list] Pay Pal Fraud

From: Matt Morgan <mmorgan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:07:03 2004
Message-ID: <5.1.1.6.0.20021023104217.00a69320_at_mail.idis.com>

Mark:
This is one of the reasons I am abandoning the use of PayPal. Security
coupled with OUTRAGEOUS fees, did it for me. I will take a check any day
over PayPal.
Matt Morgan

At 11:36 AM 10/23/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello List,
>
>Since a lot of list members use Pay Pal, I thought I would tell everyone
>that..
>
>Last night I was hit by a hacker to my Pay Pal account. They were able to
>take about $1000 before Pay Pal threw a security blanket on my account. I
>have changed my password and everything and called Pay Pal who is trying
>to fix everything. So untill then my Pay Pal account is frozen, with all
>the money that is in there. Which is almost like punishing me. Strange
>thing is they got in and kept taking little amounts ($100-$260). I've
>sent large sums before with Pay Pal so I am unsure why they didnt try, the
>funds where there. Pay Pal's system did catch one of the charges and
>reversed it. I am really hoping they reverse the others.
>
>I have never given my password out to anybody or anything. I do not have
>it written anywhere. I am really at a loss on how they got in there.
>
>Mark
Received on Wed 23 Oct 2002 12:43:27 PM PDT