Unauthorized repeating payment to "Facebook ads"
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An automated payment I did not authorize or confirm went through my PayPal account to "Facebook," specifically their ads. I am the only user of my PayPal account and after checking, it doesn't look like there was a way for me to misclick on anything to receive a charge in this amount (the charge was $4 and the cost for promoting a page is $6, nothing charges the amount I was charged). The description of the service provided is something like being able to make payments through Facebook without logging in to PayPal and to receive PayPal updates through messenger. When I try to fix the issue through Facebook with the link provided to report a problem, I have gotten an error message every time. My dispute turned back negative as PayPal has deemed it an "authorized" payment despite no authorization for a repeating payment from me. I don't do repeat payments through paypal and would not authorize this action. This sounds like a scam of some sort. It would have activated a repeating payment on my account if I hadn't been alerted and cancelled it. If someone did actually use Facebook or a promotion service through them, something like this could go by unnoticed. I have turned off the automated payment and reset my passwords. Is there anyone with insight on what happened or how it happened, or who knows how I can further contact PayPal or facebook for more information to dispute further?
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Having the exact same issue - Facebook hit my Paypal account for $250 for "Facebook Ads" - No further explanation or specifics, and I have not run any ads with Facebook in over 3 years. Paypal has so far been of no help, and trying to reach someone at Facebook appears to be impossible. Facebook locked my account just before this happened due to suspicious activity, so I can't even log into their system. Next option is to go old school and send a certified letter to Zuckerberg. I know he won't see it, but maybe someone inside Facebook will.
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UPDATE: I sent a registered letter to the facebook ad sales department 2 weeks ago, so far no response. If nothing after 30 days, I'll turn it over the the state Attorney General's office. As for PayPal... no help at all - Just a boiler plate response about needing some additional documents... but never saying specifically what was needed. In any case, there are no documents... This was just a random, totally out of the blue hit to my PP account. I have no agreements with facebook and am no longer a facebook user.
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Hello @judypupek and everyone,
Welcome to the PayPal Community! I'm sorry to hear you're running into some unauthorized activity on your account. If you see the activity on your PayPal account, I would recommend trying to open an Unauthorized Dispute through our Resolution Center. If you do not see the activity on your account, I'd recommend reporting the activity directly through your funding source.
My apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused,
- Jon K
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