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UnawareOfAny · ‎Jan-03-2024

To be clear: I myself did not connect a PayPal account to my Wise account - if this happened somebody must have stolen my virtual credit card details and identity. I have reported this to Wise already and they reported further to Visa / Mastercard. I cannot comment on whether this is actually technically advisable / possible by PayPal - I see it simply on my Wise transaction list. So if somebody managed to do this even if it shouldn't happen then it would be an issue for PayPal as well!? My initial question was actually on how to contact any PayPal merchant solely from the text "PayPal - *INSTANTGAMI" in a bank transaction.

UnawareOfAny · ‎Jan-02-2024

I have a bank account at Wise with a physical and virtual card. Tonight I see two payment transactions in status "pending" from the Wise virtual card to a Merchant "PAYPAL *INSTANTGAMI" according to the Wise transaction list. I have never authorized those transactions via Wise nor do I know that Merchant, I had never any transactions with that merchant before. The money has already been withdrawn. I also have no linkage between my own PayPal account and that Wise account, so this can't be related. What to do now? How can I to contact that Paypal Merchant "PAYPAL *INSTANTGAMI"? This merchant may be https://www.instant-gaming.com but not sure. Thank you for any advice. Note: In parallel I have filed a complaint at Wise on how this transaction could be triggered without my confirmation. For safety reasons O have frozen my Wise cards temporarily.

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