PayPal Warning

[bigdawg2003]

Somebody just hacked into my brother's paypal account and emptied his bank account, which had $1700+ dollars in it. These hackers probably have access to a lot of bank accounts and credit cards, so i'd reccomend removing your credit card and bank account for the time being.

[Killebrew]

I don't mean to over react but holy crap, that can't be good for business:(.

[Swaggs]

Never, never use a bank card for online purchases.

[Marmel]

Anybody with a paypal account, please post your credit card info in this thread and I will check to see if it has been stolen. If not, I will try my best to protect the info for you so you can continue to charge things online.

[The Afoci]

Originally posted by Marmel
Anybody with a paypal account, please post your credit card info in this thread and I will check to see if it has been stolen. If not, I will try my best to protect the info for you so you can continue to charge things online.

Don't listen to him, everyone knows to PM them to me or else other people will see them.

[Marmel]

Duh! I said I will protect them The Afoci.

I am just trying to provide a service for FOFC members, why would you try to ruin that The Afoci. You are just mean. I could even see you taking advantage of those PMs. :(

[The Afoci]

Originally posted by Marmel
Duh! I said I will protect them The Afoci.

I am just trying to provide a service for FOFC members, why would you try to ruin that The Afoci. You are just mean. I could even see you taking advantage of those PMs. :(

Are you trying to ruin my good name?

[Marmel]

I would never go that The Afoci.

In fact, as a show of good faith, why don't you post your CC info here and I will protect your account, free of charge, just so others can see what a wonderful service I provide.

[cuervo72]

It's interesting, I just went on PayPal to check out a couple of things (like my account activity) and they gave a message to "check back in one hour" as they couldn't do it at this time. I wonder if a lot of people are on their site at the moment...

[The Afoci]

Here is my Credit Card number,

Marmelisadumbystupidhead

it expires

shutthehellup!

Thanks.

[Coffee Warlord]

Keep reloading, you'll get in.

Nothing bad on my account, thankfully.

[Mustang]

Nothing bad here either.

Just the usual porn charges.

did your brother get a message about a transfer or did he have a paypal balance? Just curious how he directed it back to someone hacking paypal...

[Marmel]

Originally posted by The Afoci
Here is my Credit Card number,

Marmelisadumbystupidhead

it expires

shutthehellup!

Thanks.


I just tested this for accuracy at Best Buy so that I could propoerly protect your information and they said that was not a proper CC number!

You tricked me good there The Afoci. :(

[The Afoci]

Originally posted by Marmel
I just tested this for accuracy at Best Buy so that I could propoerly protect your information and they said that was not a proper CC number!

You tricked me good there The Afoci. :(

I knew your intentions weren't pure, just like prom night, only my ass don't hurt. I smart!

[thirdandlong]

I have a paypal account and I am not the least bit worried. I would have to actually have money or at least available credit for someone to steal from me.

[Tekneek]

You think it was hacked? Did you ask your brother if he fell for one of those phisher scam emails? There have been a lot of them directed towards eBay users these days, phishing for their Paypal information.

Ask him if he got any email about eBay or Paypal asking for him to re-enter information, and then ask him if he actually did it.

[Marmel]

Originally posted by The Afoci
I knew your intentions weren't pure, just like prom night, only my ass don't hurt. I smart!

12 years later and you still won't let me forget about that, will you? How many times could I apologize for running out of baby oil that night? :(

[The Afoci]

Originally posted by Marmel
12 years later and you still won't let me forget about that, will you? How many times could I apologize for running out of baby oil that night? :(

It not only the fact there was no baby oil, but you wouldn't toss my salad with strawberry jelly. It is my favorite.

[DolphinFan1]

Hey Marmel, with the way you and Tucker cheat to win matches in FOFC Wrestling, I wouldn't trust you with my stepdaughter's pet rabbit. :D

[Marmel]

The Afoci, you have to admit, when I used peanut butter as a substitute for the jelly, I opened up a whole new world for us! :D


dolphin, I wouldn't call it cheating....it is all a part of wrestling. Win at all costs, baby!!!!

[DolphinFan1]

Originally posted by Marmel
The Afoci, you have to admit, when I used peanut butter as a substitute for the jelly, I opened up a whole new world for us! :D


dolphin, I wouldn't call it cheating....it is all a part of wrestling. Win at all costs, baby!!!!

Well, you're not much of a winner now are you? You "Coke" addict. :D

[bigdawg2003]

Mustang

I'm not sure, but what I think happened was that somebody got into his PayPal account & withdrew a bunch of money from his bank account. I have no idea how they would get my brother's password, so I assume they hacked in and got it. Good chance it could be something else though.

Tekneek

There's no way my brother would fall for one of those emails. Far too computer-savvy for it.

[bigdawg2003]

dola

UPDATE:

What happened was that somebody from the Ukraine bought $1700 laptop from some guy on eBay and used my brother's account to pay for it. My brother has filed an unauthorized use claim with PayPal and will be getting his money back. The guy who sold the laptop is shit out of luck however. Never trust the Ukrainians.

[Draft Dodger]

Originally posted by bigdawg2003
Never trust the Ukrainians.

the Ukraine is actually the source of some very large and elaborate financial scams - credit cards, ebay...they do it all, and do it pretty well.

[cuervo72]

Originally posted by bigdawg2003
Never trust the Ukrainians.

Or Columbians - just ask Raiders Army (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12411&highlight=laptop)

[Radii]

When my bankcard information was stolen last year it was by someone in the ukraine. They didn't do such a good job at covering anything up though, I had no trouble getting my money back, cancelling subscriptions and getting names and addresses of everyone involved. Of course, I don't know if the bank ever bothered to attempt to prosecute, Icaught it after they had taken only about $300.

[Hammer755]

Someone alerted me recently to an awesome deal on laptops circulating from the Ukraine. They had a website with a link to a CNN article talking about the company and how they could afford to sell these laptops for bargain prices - $500 for a quality brand name laptop.

I was briefly excited because the CNN article made it seem legit. However, the further along I read in the article, the more things seem out of line. There were several points of bad grammar, misspellings, etc that would not have been published at CNN. By the end, I thought I had just read a commercial for the company, and realized it was obviously fake. I went to the CNN website and searched the archives on the date that the article reported to have been published and found no such article.

After closer examination, I realized that the fake CNN article had an address similar, but not identical, to the real CNN transcript website. I then searched the web for information about the company, but could not find any at all. It was one of those trendy computer company names, and I could find several similar companies (legit computer wholesalers) with similar names, but could not find an exact match.

It was obviously a forgery, but I wonder how many people fell for it when seeing an endorsement from CNN.

[tucker342]

Originally posted by The Afoci
I knew your intentions weren't pure, just like prom night, only my ass don't hurt. I smart!

mine does:(

[Easy Mac]

well then leave the dildo alone

[Marmel]

My 10 inch purple vibrator?

[bigdawg2003]

How did a thread about internet theft turn into a discussion about Marmel, Tucker's, and Afoci's sex life? Only at FOFC I suppose.

[GoldenEagle]

PM Sent to Marmel and The Afoci


:D

[The Afoci]

Recieved...

Anyone looking for some cheap electronics, no questions asked, PM me.

[daedalus]

Originally posted by bigdawg2003
How did a thread about internet theft turn into a discussion about Marmel, Tucker's, and Afoci's sex life? Only at FOFC I suppose.Because being considerate is, apparently, overrated.

[Qwikshot]

After reading the thread pertaining to the subject, I closed my paypal account.

[mrskippy]

bigdawg's brother is probably one of those goombas who replied to those fake PayPal e-mails. There also are fake Earthlink and AOL e-mails floating. Also fake eBay e-mails.

Never reply to these. If you think you may need to update your data, go to the real Web site and do the deed.

These fake e-mailers are draining the accounts.

[bigdawg2003]

mrskippy

As I said earlier in the thread, there's no way he replied to one of those bogus emails. He's been aware of those bogus emails for some time, and has received them in the past, as have I.

[Marmel]

Originally posted by daedalus
Because being considerate is, apparently, overrated.



Party Pooper!

[mrskippy]

bigdawg ...

Just curious, but you'd imagine if they drained it they had to know how much he had in there. If they requested too much and overdrew the account, the bank would have rejected it.

Also, I believe you can set withdraw limits in your PayPal account. There is a way to do this and highly suggested.

I've had few problems with PayPal.

One thing to ... did your brother ever have one of those e-mail based eBay IDs?

[bbor]

I just found $1700 in my bank account:)

[daedalus]

Originally posted by Marmel
Party Pooper!:D