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Receipt for Your Payment to…(What Payment?)

Receipt for Your Payment to…(What Payment?)

I was greeted this morning with an email from PayPal, giving me a receipt for my payment to some company, in the amount of $200. At first I thought it was yet another phishing email, because I know that I don’t live in or know anyone in Indonesia where the product was being shipped to. But I figured I’d better make sure, so I logged in (without following a link) to my PayPal account, and sure enough there was a record of a payment being made in that amount. Ugh.

So I changed my password and filed an unauthorized activity claim. I then called my bank (which my PayPal account is linked to) but as of yet they have no record of the charge trying to go through. Hopefully it won’t. Finally, I tried giving the company a call that the product was apparently ordered from after looking up their phone number on Google, but that call went to voicemail and then a notice that the voicemail box was full. Hmm. I hope that this whole thing is resolved quickly.

Update: About 40 minutes after I wrote this, I received a notice from PayPal saying that the matter was resolved & that they had approved my claim. Whew!

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  • No, I don’t use the PayPal debit card. This is making me re-think having my bank account linked to PayPal, but I’m not sure there’s even another option for that. Also, I rechecked my bank account later and the transaction did show up. PayPal said that the money should hopefully be returned by Monday. At least they are very responsive.

  • Oh wow that is crazy. When I first saw your title I thought it was that scam. I can’t believe it really was a charge. Hope nothing else happens! Do you happen to use the paypal debit card or anything like that? Maybe someone got your number from that or that virtual card paypal offers.

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