Paypal fraud...

I got $6,000 hacked from my account and it took two months to get the $$ back . Paypal sucks. Stay on them and threaten to take them to court. I do not know the banking laws in the UK but here in the states I went to the court house and the sheriffs office and that started some action.

i know, so weak...i can't believe Joseph Ratzinger will be Pope Benedict XVI!


i call for a re-count!




nah, that really does suck tho ...sounds like you've taken the right steps...

[Edited on Apr 19, 2005 by luckyride]

Yea you won't have to pay for any of it. Sorry about that, maybe your bank will help you out a little bit also.

Contact your card company. You're not liable for fraudulent transactions if you have the card in your posession.

You'll have better luck with your card company than with Paypal. They're nearly as useless as eBay with their piss-poor customer support.

It's bad, bad, bad, but this is the first thing I thought of, too.

It's a raw deal you've got there, Charley, but I agree that it sounds like you've done pretty much all you can do. I'm sure paypal has a reimbursement policy for situations like this one.

Hope it all works out.

what we need are little SG logos next to our paypal user ids so's everyone knows not to fuck with us.

that totally sucks, charley. i hope they figure the shit out.

oh no you did not just knock ebay

Just happened to me earlier this month. The guy was a moron and couldn't have spent more than $150 at my expense, and only two of the charges went through because the other companies could tell it was fraud. I called Paypal and they e-mailed me an affidavit on which I listed all the fraudulent charges. I just checked, they've reversed the charges.

Guess I got off easy.

Ebay sucks balls.
I haven't had any probs with amazon.com

It took me a long time to get this. Now there is coffee on my monitor.

edited to say: i'm a power seller.

[Edited on Apr 19, 2005 by Meaney]

just curious but can you see what he spend the money on, was it drugs and russian mailorder brides?

Geez, lotta eBay haters in here... I've never had any problems w/them, it's my haven for old video games and t-shirts!

-TM

Aw shit, I'm so sorry. I had identity theft a while back. My bank refunded everything. I would hope that Paypal would do the same. It's their fault if someone hacked your account. They should have better security. I'm sure it'll all work out.

I don't know about paypal but I do know that credit card companies can NOT make you pay for fraudulent use of your card, even though they try it on.

CAB give free legal advice, but I guess they might not know so much about Paypal.

American guy "acquired" my sis' credit card to pay his tuition fees. Either a dumbass, or someone trying to frame someone else (I suspect the latter, in your case too...) for stealing her money.

CC company sorted it. Never heard what happened to the "thief"...

Paypal is actually unregulated. It is not a bank and not a credit card company and does not fall under any banking regulations. I got ripped off last year and I understand that thier fraud refund works better. They have had very serious faud problems in the past and it was hard to arrest the hackers as it was in a legal grey area.

oh great sumthin else to worry about, thanx

jesus that sux
i hope you get it all sorted.and dont have to pay

So have you found out what's gonna happen yet?

If they get snotty, get lucha.