Aggravations From Being Hacked
Looks like I'm going to have to pay the 600 dollars that was stolen from me through a Pay Pal hacker. I thought the payment would not go through because I canceled my credit card. But it did. It took longer than usual but it still went through because I had a bank account linked to Pay Pal. I wanted to break the link but Paypal would not let me because they wanted at least one money source in my account until something definate happened with the pending the transaction.
I thought the bank would stop the transaction because I did not have enough money to cover it. It went through anyway. I called my bank. They fixed it so my account will only accept deposits for the time being. If I get refunded it will come through but no other withdrawals will be able to happen. Then I need to get my account number changed because it has been compromised.
I called Paypal this morning. I was told I was not likely to get a refund because the money taken was a personal cash deposit. I made an appeal anyway but I am not hopeful.
Meanwhile I can't order new electronic books from Kindle because my Canadian Amazon account no longer exists. I can read what I already purchased but I cannot get anything new.
I just got an answer from my appeal. Paypal still states my transaction was authorized. I will be closing that account today. I have better ways to pay for merchandise since I opened that account. For the moment I'm also wary about ordering merchandise on line.
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This is horrible and scary! I'm so sorry you're going through this, it's just not right. Especially with PayPal. PayPal was always said to be the safest way to do anything online.
This really makes my anxiety fly since I was already skeptical about doing this whole online business thing. Man, I wish these hackers would find something better to do with their lives than to wreck everyone else's!
I really feel for you, I can't imagine all the B.S. you must be going through. I wish you all the best and hope everything gets better ❤️
Melissa
It will not make me give up the two websites I created but I won't trust a payment method just because many people are using it. I am going to ask for many details about how their security works first.
I've dealt with Paypal for 18 years with no incidents. This could be one of the exceptions to the rules--nothing is ever 100% perfect!
That's good to know. I've never heard any bad things about PayPal up to now. It's just scary to think of building an online business to get some money and then you end up having to pay more than what you even have because some hacker jerk decided he wants your money. I despise those people! They're so good with computers but instead of applying it to something useful like we have they take away what we're trying to do
Melissa--you echo the sentiments that I've heard many other members say here from time to time--a total waste of their talents for those people!
Yes, thank you. If you are going to call me by my real name it is actually Marina not Melissa :).
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Pretty bad stuff, still 🤞🤞🤞🤞that you get it sorted out, Marina!