HACKER DENIED! On Saturday some loser hacked my PayPal account and initiated an instant transfer from my bank account and tried to send that payment to themself from the PayPal account. It takes a couple of days for the transfer to clear from the bank, so it was not something that would happen immediately. I guess they were hoping I wouldnt notice until it was too late. I have everything set up to email me notifications so I knew as soon as it was initiated. I logged into PayPal from my phone and immediately filed an unauthorized transaction complaint and changed my PayPal password, pin and security questions. I also logged into my Gmail and changed the password there because I know that anything related to my PayPal gets emailed to my Gmail account. I then called PayPal to verify that they were on top of things and that my hard-earned money was not going to actually be missing, thus screwing my bill-paying activity this month. They assured me that once the payment cleared with the bank, the money would appear in my PayPal account but would not go any further than that. This morning I log into my bank account and see that the payment indeed cleared, so I then logged into PayPal only to find out that it looks like the payment was completed to the loser hacker. So, I call PayPal once again and state my concern over me being told not to worry yet the payment seems to have gone to the loser anyway. The woman on the other end said that even though my account appeared to show the payment being completed, the money was actually still in my PayPal account and that it was still in process of being reversed. After hanging up with her, I logged back into my PayPal and low and behold I now see the reversal is in effect, telling me that the money will go back into my bank account. Hmmmmmmm. I wonder if Im only seeing that now because I called to check up on the situation....We shall see. I certainly hope it is reversed quickly, since I live day-to-day, dollar-to-dollar, and I have my bills budgeted to the very last penny, so any amount missing from the equation will most certainly screw me hard. I give kudos to PayPal for being easy to get a hold of, despite other horror stories Ive read. In fact, I dont ever recall having to wait very long to talk with a human. When you call, you simply answer a couple of questions with the automated system and it connects you to someone right after that. Even though it says there may be extended wait times due to a higher than normal call volume, I did not witness anything of the sort. We shall see what happens next...will I be paying my electricity bill this month or will that end up being late due to some asshat hacker? Every day I am more and more disgusted at society and how we have so many people out there that have no ethics, morals, priorities, compassion and/or responsibilities. Get a fn job and contribute to society instead of destroying it! #HackerDenied #PayPal #TransactionFraud #PeopleSuck
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:32:50 +0000