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Im A Moron - hellbound81 - 01-23-2007
Just wanted to give everyone a heads up on this one. I recieved an email this morning saying my paypal account that I use for fun stuff and ebay, needed to be updated. So like an idiot, trusting paypal and maybe just being naive on my part, i entered my CC info and was done.
There was about 200 bucks in my checking account at the time. When I checked it 3 hours later, i had a balance of -951.28. Someone had wired money from my checking account thru WesternUnion.com.
When I called WU fraud dept. I was told that they had built a profile, ME :angry: , and attempted to tranfer money 4 times totalling about 5,000 dollars to the Dominican Republic. For some reason even though there was only 200 and some change in the account the a- holes still got 951.28. Luckily Chase covered my dumbass and its not costing me anything, but i still have to change my passwords, get a new debit card, just a pain in the rear.
The reason im writing this is to give you guys all a heads up to look out for this crap. The page looked 100% real, it fooled the hell out of me. Just be careful, i would hate to see someone really lose thier ass to one of these lowlifes.
Im A Moron - Voorhees Curse - 01-24-2007
Sorry to hear that bro....glad to see you got everything straigtened out though.
Im A Moron - Funkytown - 01-24-2007
man that sucks..but at lease chase is goin cover for u so thats makes it a little better... thanks fro the heads up bro :thumbsup:
Im A Moron - hellbound81 - 01-24-2007
Yeah, i would think most banks would cover you but you never know. Also, its scary knowing that someone else took my info and was able to pull crap like that.
Im A Moron - VF 31 - 01-24-2007
crap like this pisses me off to no end....sucks that happend man...ppl can utterly suck
Im A Moron - WarLocK - 01-24-2007
Sorry to hear that Zach. Spoof paypal emails have been going around for a long time now and I NEVER will access my paypal acct through a link. Especially through email. Always remember to manually type www.paypal.com to get to your acct. I know it\'s tougher than clicking a link... but it can save you a PITA in the long run. Glad you\'re covered by Chase!
Im A Moron - Havoc - 01-24-2007
Sucks to hear that man...just count yourself lucky everything got fixed up! :thumbsup:
Im A Moron - hellbound81 - 01-24-2007
Quote:Sorry to hear that Zach. Spoof paypal emails have been going around for a long time now and I NEVER will access my paypal acct through a link. Especially through email. Always remember to manually type www.paypal.com to get to your acct. I know it\'s tougher than clicking a link... but it can save you a PITA in the long run. Glad you\'re covered by Chase!You nailed it Chad, "never click on a link to access you account!"
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I dont know what I was thinking, maybe the morning coffee just hadnt kicked in yet or something. I had a total brainfart
Im A Moron - myersman - 01-24-2007
Sorru to hear that man, i know how u feel, someone charged $2,000 to my paypal account <_<
Im A Moron - EVOL - 01-24-2007
Sorry to hear that Zach.
It\'s a good thing they backed you up and it didn\'t cost you all that.
I was reading that has been going around.
Sorry to hear that bro and I hope everything works out.
Jay