Crap, I just bought something off <removed> and was randomly looking up how they compared to <removed> and found <removed> was their parent company and found this... I've unlinked my credit card from Paypal in case, so hopefully that adds a layer of safety but this is really damn concerning. That said, it seems to be happening to European or at least people using the European currency? I'm in Australia so I'll be keeping an eye on my accounts. I dunno how your banks work but can any of you do charge backs through your banks? Usually banks allow charge backs for unauthorised transactions but again this might be based on regions. I dunno how banks differ outside of Aus.
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