Paypal warning.

friznit · Post by **friznit** » April 23rd, 2007, 14:30

fabyak wrote:
It was with Friz, but I was up the top of the page and was too lazy to scroll down to quote him

How did you read my post if you were at the top of the page?

Post by **fabyak** » April 23rd, 2007, 14:34

clicked on the latest post then scrolled up to see if I had missed anything, ended up near the top

friznit · Post by **friznit** » April 23rd, 2007, 14:36

fabyak wrote:clicked on the latest post then scrolled up to see if I had missed anything, ended up near the top

How unusual. You normally end up near the bottom

Post by **fabyak** » April 23rd, 2007, 14:44

friznit wrote:
How unusual. You normally end up near the bottom

guess I walked right into that one!

Post by **FatherJack** » April 23rd, 2007, 14:51

Dog Pants wrote:hopefully Paypal will pick up on it

Theft is still a crime in most countries, and usually viewed rather dimly. I'd click on every REPORT THIS THEIVING FUCKER button in sight in your position. A little information on how they obtained the details might also be of help to the authorities. It may be that the "recipient" is blameless, but I'd at least want to see them investigated.

Gunslinger42 · Post by **Gunslinger42** » April 23rd, 2007, 14:55

Having different passwords for every site I go to FTW, even if I have to regularly get ones reset after forgetting them.

Post by **Dog Pants** » April 23rd, 2007, 16:36

FatherJack wrote: Theft is still a crime in most countries, and usually viewed rather dimly. I'd click on every REPORT THIS THEIVING FUCKER button in sight in your position. A little information on how they obtained the details might also be of help to the authorities. It may be that the "recipient" is blameless, but I'd at least want to see them investigated.

I was assuming that Paypal would have been the ones investigating it, but you could be right actually - Paypal might well just flag it to recipient and give them the opportunity to sort it out before getting involved. I shall investigate, because I'm confident this guy isn't a legitimate business.

Sheriff Fatman · Post by **Sheriff Fatman** » April 23rd, 2007, 17:37

Dog Pants wrote:
I was assuming that Paypal would have been the ones investigating it, but you could be right actually - Paypal might well just flag it to recipient and give them the opportunity to sort it out before getting involved. I shall investigate, because I'm confident this guy isn't a legitimate business.

I suspect that Paypal (being nameless and faceless) would probably take the position that this this is a civil matter between two individuals. Should it become a criminal matter, doubtless they would have to help out however they can.

I rarely use ebay, however, on the one occasion I did get scammed, they were very helpful and sorted it themselves.

Post by **Roman Totale** » April 23rd, 2007, 17:53

Dog Pants wrote:
Message from Seller:
Hello Sir this money was sent to my account I have no Knowledge on why it was
Thank you.

(Refunded)

Strange, I read that with a Nigerian accent.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » April 23rd, 2007, 17:53

Sheriff Fatman wrote:I suspect that Paypal (being nameless and faceless) would probably take the position that this this is a civil matter between two individuals.

That

Paypal are bastards.

Edit: on the plus side, I didn't lose any money, all sorted

Post by **Dog Pants** » April 23rd, 2007, 18:01

I never use E-bay and never have. I only use Paypal to make donations to 5punk and for other occasional odd transactions. I'm fairly surprised that Paypal have no concern about their reputation though - it's not like I bought something that didn't arrive, I've been a target of fraud through their site. I'm genuinely thinking of closing my account, and the only thing that has stopped me so far are those donations.

Post by **Joose** » April 23rd, 2007, 19:37

nonce

took a dump

Am I the only one finding it hard to keep a straight face with this thread?

the last bit to make me laugh:

Dog Pants wrote:I'm fairly surprised that Paypal have no concern about their reputation though

pffffft!

You are clearly unaware that paypal's US half (which isnt regulated by any official financial body, unlike the UK version) have a reputation of thieving gits who at one point had an EULA that essentially read "we can close your account, permanently, at any time, just cos we feel like it. We'll keep all the money in it, too". Dont know if they are still like this, and thankfully us in blighty are immune to such shittiness thanks to the FSA, but the merkins dont have an equivilant. This is bad for them. Haha.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » April 23rd, 2007, 19:41

I think they still do the closing and keeping your money thing.

they did it to newzbin a few times.

Post by **Dog Pants** » April 23rd, 2007, 21:43

Hmmm. So, how am I going to sort my donations without them then, seeing as they're clearly fuckers?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » April 23rd, 2007, 21:49

I just don't keep money in paypal.

dunno how to stop the recent situation, but I've switched to a long non-alphanumeric password.

Post by **Dog Pants** » April 24th, 2007, 7:12

Damn, that means I'm going to have to work out how to transfer the money back into my bank.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » April 24th, 2007, 7:17

There should be a withdraw button in your paypal account, should be free for £50 or more.

Usually takes a week or so though

cheeseandham · Post by **cheeseandham** » April 24th, 2007, 7:40

Paypal replacement?

Google Checkout - Google Checkout is a new service that makes online shopping faster, safer and - https://checkout.google.com/

Free open source, x-platform (win/lin/ppc) password safe

KeePass Password Safe - http://keepass.info

Sheriff Fatman · Post by **Sheriff Fatman** » April 24th, 2007, 8:18

cheeseandham wrote:Free open source, x-platform (win/lin/ppc) password safe

KeePass Password Safe - http://keepass.info

That is a jolly nifty bit of software

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » April 24th, 2007, 10:00

I've started using Password Safe recently, keeping it on my keyring USB stick. That other one looks a bit shinier but they seem to do the same job.

These are by no means the perfect solution but it's better than a standard set of passwords for all sites or trying to remember alphanumeric ones. Just got to remember to keep my password database safe and backed-up.