Someone just stole $1400 USD off me... what to do???

Hey all,

So anyway i was checking my bank account the other day and saw paypal was taking a heap of money out of my account which i did not transfer. So i logged into my account and some guy named Mohamed Elhafi has been stealing money from my paypal account.

So his email registered with paypal is

What would you do to get back at him???

Thanks for listening!

 

contact paypal

 

Yeah i reported it to them. They said they will make a decision in 10 days on if they will give me my money back or not.

Kinda a pain in the ass considering i need it now. lol.

- Sam

 

Contact your bank and report an unauthorized payment ! Last time when I did that, it took 5 minutes and money was back into my account ( though, situation can be different according to your country/bank ).

 

also change ur paypal password make it more secure and more long hopefully

 

ActiveFrost, i might do that, but the problem is only half of it came from my bank account the rest was im my paypal account.

evolva, yeah i have done this. Looks like paypal noticed the transactions were suspicious and locked my account. I had to reconfirm my account and create a new password etc. So hopefully they will give me my money back.

- Sam

 

They will definitely give your money back - all accounts involved into this transaction are limited and can't be used anymore ( except yours ).

 

Paypal is known to act swiftly against unauthorized payments and so I am very hopeful that you would surely get back your money in full.

Do remain in touch with Paypal...and kindly make your PP account...more secure..mate.

Regards,

RightMan

 

I am sorry to hear this has happened. I would still report this and place a STOP with your bank, even though just a part of it was from your bank, you at least can gain access to that now ( hopefully ).

I did this once and it cost me 30.00 ( bank fee ) which is not real fair, but still better then losing a lot more $$

 

Get this www.paypal.com/securitykey
only cost $5 and makes your account HackerProof

-Chris

 

How did he hack your paypal? Perhaps you know that man personally, had an access to your personal files, computer etc.

 

Run a anti virus scan on all of your systems, use another secure system to change your password until you are sure that all of your systems are fully secure. You may have a keylogger or similar virus.

 

That is crazy.. Paypal will make it right

 

I am supprised Pay Pal did this payment go trough normally they stop this kind of stuff. But anyway i guess you have a Credit Card then just call them. I think also paypal will fix it for you.

 

Let us know what happens in the end, if paypal fixes the problem for you

 

Format your PC/Change your password asap. If you have been keylogged, then you have to Format your PC otherwise he would be getting the new passwords also, and also do an unauthorized claim..

 

contact paypal, you'll get it back

 

freethenoob,
that security key's an interesting idea, but what if the gadget gets lost? or someone internet-savvy peeks into the user's text messages?

supersam,
here's advice from a pc world columnist whose paypal also got hacked. lots of helpful stuff in there.

 

I would suggest contacting paypal, Im sure they could fix the matter. When its done and fixed, reformat your system.