I phoned the resolution center this morning about four transactions which appeared in my email box on Christmas morning. They involved shipping labels and were for a total of about $100. I knew nothing about them and rarely use PayPal. The agent told me that PayPal would investigate and to "watch my email" for the next couple of weeks!!! When I asked how this could have happened, he answered that my password had been compromised (PayPal prompted me to change it and my security questions when I logged on to my account on Sunday.) My questions for the forum are: 1) How was my password compromised? 2) Should we refrain from linking PayPal to checking accounts with PayPals ability to immediate transfer funds from them? 3) If my password was compromised, could the perpetrator have learned my credit/debit card and bank account information as well? I realize that forum rules preclude my giving details, but these were questionable enough for PayPal to place a hold on payment before I contacted them, but it did not delay PayPal's withdrawal of the funds from my checking account today. If this gets resolved quickly, I will to let you all know. In the meantime, I am very close to being overdrawn and will have trouble paying the rent next week. .
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