Suspected fraudulent charge - 402-935-7733

Rennieh
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A charge for $12.73 has appeared on my bank statement citing "PayPal *Igottrade402-935-7733/VISA Purchase (non-pin) as the payee. There is no corresponding notation in my PayPal on-line records. This is my linked account.

 

I did a little research on line and found three totally different stories behind this. One says its a legitamate PayPal charge to cover insufficient funds in my PayPal account. Another says it is a scam and needs to be reported to both PayPal and my bank.

 

Which is correct? If it's ligit, why does it not show in my PalPal statement?

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Skyscraper
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Just came across this thread while researching a suspicious charge on my account, and

** I THINK I HAVE A CULPRIT **

 

I made an authorized Paypal payment through eBay back on 28 March 2016, for $290 to a user who seemed to be selling a lot of large items with free shipping. Got my item, no disputes, and figured that was that. The charge appeared on my statement for the correct amount, with byline: PAYPAL *DBA 402-935-7733 CA

 

While checking over my CC statement today, I noticed a suspicious charge for $100, with the byline: PAYPAL *TFL1 402-935-7733 CA. I noticed the matching telephone number (zip code is located in Nebraska) and there is no record of me making a $100 purchase through eBay since that purchase I made back in March.

 

Does this story sound similar to anyone else who's posted in this thread??

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Thargog
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Got a charge from "PAYPAL *ARROYOSECO 402-935-7733 CA" on August 8th, and apparently they dinged me back in June for $5.00 each time. DBA "Mark Paypal".

 

Contacted my Bank's fraud department who are investigating.

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zlloyd1
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I just saw my online account information, and have a mysterious charge from this number for "FEDERALWARR 402-935-7733" that seems to have stolen $6.77 for something I have never heard of. 
This charge claims to have come through PayPal, so I opened my PayPal account to see what it is, but there is NOTHING there....

As such, I cannot file a dispute on the charge because there is no such transaction listed on my account.

This was one of 2 such charges I received in my checking acount that both claim to be from PayPal, but neither of them is listed on my PayPal account, and I am now confused on how to proceed here. Is some scam artist thief stealing money from my account, and claiming to be using PayPal, or what??

I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!

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zlloyd1
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Sorry, *thief*

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Officer_Wes
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My fraudulent charge came through on my linked AMEX 9/17/2016 as "PAYPAL *JOE 402-935-7733 CA" $6.12

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roumensp
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Got a fraudulent charge from "PAYPAL *MEDICFRIEND 402-935-7733, ON" on Sep 17.  I don't have corresponding PayPal transaction.  The bank posted refund to my account and replaced the credit card with a new one.

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DomD
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I also got hit with 3 charges totaling over $5000 on my credit card from the same scammer. 

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bearzRus
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In my case a charge using this phone number and calling itself "GECKO JOINT" was a charge I had actually authorized.  As it happens the merchant was questionable but that is a different matter.

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abstractangel11
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Hello everyone,

 

 I thought this was a fraudulent charge but after checking my paypal account I found it was an authorized transaction to http://www.Coupaw.com.   I had ordered items for my dogs and did receive them.  Just wanted it out there that this number does not automatically mean it's a fraudulent charge.  Check your accounts first. 

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DJ_the-green
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Does Paypal team ban him or what? This guy deposit $210 and withdraw $210 right away in my bank account through PayPal (I guess he tested if his scheme works or not first)

 

After that, I found 13 transactions was established through my debit card. He spent about $300 for uber and Groupon shopping spree. 

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