Post by Teabone on Apr 23, 2013 17:51:24 GMT -5
Yesterday my account with Pay-Pal 
was locked out with a message saying I had made a request for payment of $2000 which is from outer space. I have never payed for anything in excess of $100 in a months time. Then today I received a message from them saying that in order to get my account activated again I need to let them enter my bank account which is big no no. The message appears to have come from Pay-Pal but I am
finding out that as good as Pay-Pal can be never try to get a hold of them by phone its all but impossible.
My question is has anyone else had the problem with them?
Since the above occurred I spent a lot of back and forth time with Pay-Pal which is explained below.
Thanks for the responses, seems I am not alone here. Today in a series of e-mails with what I believe is the real Pay-Pal people I was told that since the time I started using their service I have spent a total of $2000 (a lot of modeling stuff) and that amount requires that my account be “verified” in one of two methods the first being to take out their Master Card. The second method is to give them some bank information and they will deposit some very small amount in my bank and then when I get my bank statement it will verify
that it is OK to unlock my account.
The more I think about this the more unbelievable it is. Their sole responsibly with my funds is to transfer the money to the seller, I know they provide certain guarantees to me about the sellers business practices but I fail to see what difference it make with my account as long as I am supplying a valid credit card number to them. I think I will just go back too the credit card transaction and not order from China and maybe someone else will come up with a similar practice without the mojo stuff.
From Pay-Pal I learned a new term today called Spear-phishing which must lead to fatalities I guess.
Bones
was locked out with a message saying I had made a request for payment of $2000 which is from outer space. I have never payed for anything in excess of $100 in a months time. Then today I received a message from them saying that in order to get my account activated again I need to let them enter my bank account which is big no no. The message appears to have come from Pay-Pal but I am finding out that as good as Pay-Pal
can be never try to get a hold of them by phone its all but impossible.My question is has anyone else had the problem with them?
Since the above occurred I spent a lot of back and forth time with Pay-Pal
which is explained below.Thanks for the responses, seems I am not alone here. Today in a series of e-mails with what I believe is the real Pay-Pal
people I was told that since the time I started using their service I have spent a total of $2000 (a lot of modeling stuff) and that amount requires that my account be “verified” in one of two methods the first being to take out their Master Card. The second method is to give them some bank information and they will deposit some very small amount in my bank and then when I get my bank statement it will verifythat it is OK to unlock my account.
The more I think about this the more unbelievable it is. Their sole responsibly with my funds is to transfer the money to the seller, I know they provide certain guarantees to me about the sellers business practices but I fail to see what difference it make with my account as long as I am supplying a valid credit card number to them. I think I will just go back too the credit card transaction and not order from China and maybe someone else will come up with a similar practice without the mojo stuff.
From Pay-Pal
I learned a new term today called Spear-phishing which must lead to fatalities I guess. Bones
As you mention, there's always a trade-off to using the service! 
