paypal account recently hacked sort of...

fiatmonkey

Tim Hoover
A warning to Pay Pal users here; I recently found numerous unauthorized Paypal payments from my account to facebook totaling nearly $200. Turns out someone got my password and was able to link facebook transactions (like buying credits or something) to my paypal account. What sucks that even if you change your password and other security settings after you found a fraudulent transaction(s), once the "agreements" are created it stays active until you go in and cancel it directly. I was not aware of this and none of the FAQ's showed it or at least it wasn't clear. So, if you ever find a fraudulent payment made, go into your account, my profile, my money and check your My pre-approved payments to make sure they are not lingering there otherwise they are just treated like an open account that can be re-charged anytime.

What a pain in the ass this turned out to be but so far PayPal is cooperating and reversing all charges.

FM
 
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