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Four of the shipments have entered the mailstream, and my void requests were denied. I have yet to hear back from anyone at Paypal regarding the fraud reports I filed.   One has tracking info that it was shipped from Florida (the system did 'helpfully' give me an option for a delivery notification via email, which I did using a throwaway email address...interesting to see where they end up or if they even leave the country, all packages seem to be touring the southeast now).   How was that allowed to happen?!  I don't know why we aren't allowed to file disputes against the USPS for shipping-label fraud, but that has to stop.  The good news is that the three that tried to hit my credit card did not actually process.   Some post offices only a few towns over from me won't accept packages if the return address isn't in their jurisdiction (or within a reasonable distance).  That should be SOP, it would probably stop a fair bit of this activity or at least make it more difficult. ... View more

I got hit by this last night (my computer is clean, I changed all login-related info to be safe).  No incoming fund emails, just shipping labels.  The first drained my PP account and I was finally able--after about a day--to figure out where to email them about it. The next two went into my bank account and I'm waiting on affadavits from the bank.  Three of the charges went to a credit card; Chase actually called me while I was looking at the PP transactions, those pending transactions were blocked and I got a new card.   I'm not that optimistic about being able to recover what little was in my account although I did manage to alert them to the fraud (for all the good that might do), but I am wondering whether PP can close my account because "I went over their heads".  I can't afford to wade through the maze.  Paypal really needs to get on the ball regarding this shipping-label scam; why are they not allowing users to dispute these transactions, and why make it so difficult to find a way to do it? ... View more