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Peter Fenwick 
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Apparently I made a purchase from this website using my Paypal account. $40 I'm told. Funny until I got an email informing me of this I had never even heard of Gaia Online and my wife certainly hadn't I've filed a dispute with paypla so hopefully I will get the money back but it doesn't inspire much confidence in thier security. Has anyone else had any trouble with Paypal? |
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Posted: 21-September-2008 at 16:17 |
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These are just spoof/phishing emails - I doubt any money has taken from your account, but still worth checking.
I normally forward these to PayPal for investigation, but doubt if it does any good. I've had loads of phishing emails allegedly from Lloyds/TSB this week, asking me to update my details in their new secure system - I don't have an account with them, so definately phishing. Anyone else had this? |
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Peter Fenwick
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Posted: 21-September-2008 at 16:19 |
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No this is genuine. Money has been taken from my account. I do however also get the banking ones. |
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Posted: 21-September-2008 at 20:01 |
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Paypal are quite good at discovering fraud so you should (hopefully) be ok.
I note others have been through the same... http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/blog.php?b=772 http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/102 2684.html http://oddnari.livejournal.com/124935.html http://www.netmums.com/coffeehouse/showthread.php?t=190730 http://www.pokerisrigged.com/showthread.php?t=676 |
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Posted: 21-September-2008 at 21:10 |
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I hope so. My account has now been partially disabled until I go through the procedure. I think I'll leave it for a few days. I don't like the thought of my bank account getting debited by Paypal for fraudulent transactions. |
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Posted: 21-September-2008 at 21:28 |
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Run a spyware check on your PCs also just in case!
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Posted: 22-September-2008 at 09:03 |
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Have done. It didn't find any serious risks, just a few tracking cookies and other medium level risk stuff. All cleaned up now. |
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Posted: 22-September-2008 at 09:27 |
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Reading the Football Gossip on the BBC website, I saw this ...
Anyone thinking what I'm thinking? |
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Posted: 22-September-2008 at 09:29 |
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