Hello, everyone. This is my first post here, so please bear with me, but I wanted to see if anyone else has had this problem before? I received an email notification today, just after 2 PM EST that a transaction involving an electronic funds transfer from my bank account to my Paypal account was being processed. I thought it was odd, since I hadn't initiated any such transfer! After getting home from work tonight, I signed in to my Paypal account and, sure enough, there was the transfer in my history (listed a still being processed and expected to clear by March 29th). Then I saw the amount of the transfer...$550! What? Now completely freaked out, I immediately called Paypal and the first CSR I spoke to sent me directly to their security people. When I explained what was going on, he began by saying the first thing I should do is change my Paypal password (that's now done). I then asked if they could halt this transaction and he said they couldn't, but that I would need to talk to my bank and they could put a stop-payment or hold on it so it didn't go through. So, it looks like I've got a trip to the bank in the morning to follow up and hopefully get this thing stopped! My question is, has anyone else experienced this? I've been using Paypal, buying and selling, for going on 10 years now (or close to it). I've NEVER had something like this happen. Every transaction has been smooth as silk, but this has got me a little freaked out. No one, and I mean no one, has access to either my Paypal or bank account except for me and NOBODY knows my password to either one but myself. If you've had this happen, what did you do? How did you get it resolved? $550 is a LOT of money to me (about 3/4 of what I make on one paycheck), so I can't have it hanging out there in cyberland just waiting for some resolution. Thanks for listening and hopefully this will get resolved quickly!
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