Paypal Fraud

[dpmulvey]

I received a charge of $50 for PayPal support with the telephone number of 402-935-7733 associated with it. The charge was for sporting goods. I haven't used paypal in years and the account I associated with it closed years ago. The charge is a fraud.
I googled the phone number. The fraud appears to go back to 2013 and the numbers varie from a few bucks to several thousands. The brand of credit card does not matter. Visa, MC, AMEX were all mentioned in my search.
Just wanted my boating buddies to know.
Be safe out there.

 

[tgreene]

Thanks for the heads up. I recently had PayPal fraud as well. A $100 Starbucks gift card was purchased through my paypal acct. I have never had Starbucks coffee. PayPal was very about the whole process and I had my money back in 7 business days from when I reported it.

 

[Boat Guy]

Paypal is actually pretty secure way of transacting. If they are having fraud issues like this, it could be a wider spread issue.

Did they give you an explanation?

 

[Tonka Boater]

Are you sure the $50 isn't your Gold Sponsor CSR fee? I have 3 Paypal accounts and just checked them all. My only $50 transactions are my CSR sponsorships over the years.

 

[dpmulvey]

Never thought of that Tonka, but I don't think so. The payment is directed to a sporting goods store in California, and the credit card I had associated with my paypal account was cancelled years ago for fraud out of Myrtle Beach.

I paid via a credit card and there was nothing that indicated BOE or CSR on the transaction. It's been years since I dealt with PayPal and the last time I dealt with them it was with IIRC, a mom and pop place in Israel. I remember it so vividly because I was buying a Star of David for my former SIL who was converting to Judiasm. The description of the vendor was pretty accurate and that was well over 10 years ago.

Ironically, a friend on another site had the same thing happen to him twice and he never has owned a paypal account.

Time will tell.

 

[bbwhitejr]

I have never had a problem with PayPal. However, about a month ago, my wife had $173 worth of fraudulent charges on her debit card made down in Columbia. Then about 2 weeks ago, I had two fraudulent charges totalling $210 made in Westbury, NY at a WalMart. The bank realized this rather quickly and shut the accounts down before anymore charges could be made and have already credited our accounts. The only things she and I have in common other than the bank account are two separate PayPal accounts. While I was filling out paperwork at the bank, the guy told me that PayPal was about as secure as you could get for now, but that in 2017, the US is adopting something that has been developed in Europe where there is some kind of chip in the card so eliminate the fake cards. Don't see how it helps the online stuff though...

Bennett

 

[wjglampe]

I have my paypal account tied to a separate account at my bank. When I use paypal, I transfer the amount of my transaction to that account from my normal checking/savings account. This way if a fraudulent charge tries to come through, there is NO money to be had.