Wow… imagine my surprise when mathman (aka husband) looked at our online banking, only to discover we’d made one heckuva purchase from paypal!
Seems some kind person name Bin Gao pulled a HEFTY amount from my account for facebook poker chips. Like THOUSANDS.
Well, anyone who knows me would know a) I don’t play poker, and b) I would totally stink at it because I can’t hide my emotions, and c) I have my H.S. photo (or maybe junior high) pic on Facebook and WHY on earth would I want pokerchips with my facebook pic on them!?!??!?!?! DUH!
Anyway, in my overzealous attempt to outthink the phishers, I deleted two emails where PayPal was communicating regarding my recent non-purchase. Wiley crooks, I will delete your feeble attempts at phishing my account! Yeah, well, seems they were actually trying to tell me “Hey, some dork is trying to get you for a BIG sum of cash!”
Luckily PayPal’s modeling software realized that I normally don’t make purchases over 50.00, maybe 100.00 via PayPal, and flagged the transaction as suspicious. My cash is in Paypal’s bank while they finalize the “Yes, this was a fraudulent transaction” paperwork, before they refund my money. From 3-10 days to get my bucks back. <sigh>
Meanwhile, I sit here B*R*O*K*E until Payday.
In the future – PayPal will not be paid from my bank acct… only a credit card. I can’t find ANY way this phisher could have accessed my account. I don’t use it anywhere but my home PC, and I’ve not made a purchase in almost a year… Strange but true. As they used to say on Hill Street – “Be careful out there…”
