Weird Paypal Activity

ViceHero
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 So I received my credit card statement today only to discover that there were two purchases made to a website using Paypal. I didn't remember making these purchases because the card in question has only ever been used to purchase things on Amazon. The weirder part though is I checked my Paypal and there was zero activity on it. I called the number provided though my Credit Company to see if it would be handled but all the information I gave the automated service said there was no activity on my account. I instantly disputed the two charges after checking my Paypal several times to be sure. 

 

Two hours ago I discovered three emails from the website the purchases were made though in my spam. One was a basic " Welcome to the site" email and the other two were purchase receipts with my name and address and the order number on them. I contacted the seller  after finding them and have been trying to figure it out with them ever since. They claim the purchase on my card cannot be from their site if I don't have a paypal email verifying. But I have their name on my statement for $309 and two emails saying the purchases were made. We've been going back and forth for the past hour. They asked me the order number and my name. Gave it and they have it on record but the paypal was closed.

 

How am I even supposed to handle this? I have an open dispute with my credit company but I'm at a lose with paypal and this store since I didn't have access or know about the order until this evening.

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DPCreations
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No idea what to do as I have no idea about details of your activities

 

If there is no activity on your PayPal account, then there is nothing to dispute with PayPal.

 

If you didn't make the charges on your credit card, then you need to officially dispute there.

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lancelotme
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Since so many of us use Paypal to make online purchases,scammers would just find a way to submit false charges with description starting with Paypal bla bla bla,hoping we will overlook these charges,but your amounts are too large to be ignored.

You should just file chargebacks with your cc issuer,and whoever submit these charges would have to respond,if they do not ,case will close in your favor.

In fact your cc issuer should be able to find out who holds the merchant account to make these charges and report them to authority.

There are places you can buy list of credit card numbers,email addresses,name and physical address,you can even buy fake money orders,and ask them to print you a check with magnetic ink code on the  bottom with a valid bank routing number,account number and your name and address.

At one time,they were even printing fake postal money orders,they came from overseas,and one seller went to cash them at the local post office,2 postal guards with guns came out and took him to a room to interogate !

Years ago,I  received some of these postal money orders,they came from UK and were purchased by a man in GA,our GA,they look very real,the difference is the texture is heavier and no watermark and I turned them over to USPS fraud dept,I should have kept one for souvenir,that was years ago,I am sure they have been caught.

 

   

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lancelotme
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some of the Paypal users found withdrawal in their bank statement with description similar to Paypal withdrawl,but they are not from Paypal,these crooks must know how Paypal and Ebay work and know how to submit these transactions thru the banking clearance system.

They would be caught because these withdrawals can be traced back to the bank,bank account number and holder name and address. 

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