PayPal money gone

[newsiness]

I checked my Paypal account just now...few thousands from my account gone!!!! It would be probably hacked or stolen....Very strange i dont receive any email notification from Paypal that my money was being transferred...Please help!!!

 

[sdtrader]

You need to contact Paypal if you need help.

 

[newsiness]

contacted...waiting for their reply

 

[tanfwc]

You might want to give them a call instead, this might speed up your case.

 

[stscac]

I checked my Paypal account just now...few thousands from my account gone!!!! It would be probably hacked or stolen....Very strange i dont receive any email notification from Paypal that my money was being transferred...Please help!!!

You seem rather calm for that much money being gone. Best of luck.

-Steve

 

[Tippy]

Why anyone would keep that amount of money sitting in their PayPal account considering the horror stories is beyond me. I would have called them right away without thinking.

 

[stockdealer]

Are you sure that someone did stole that funds or was it not Paypal itself by doing a little "freezing" your money?
Even when you call them, Paypal does have already an answer for this cases, even when you haven´t asked them yet.
Next time try not to have more than $ 100 on your account for security reasons.
Take care

 

[-bond-]

i think you can Chargeback since to 60 days after payment .

 

[stockdealer]

You can only chargeback when the funds were from your own credit card, if there were own funds on that account ( I guess this is the case) than that funds are gone.
Take care next time.

 

[hanz]

You can only chargeback when the funds were from your own credit card, if there were own funds on that account ( I guess this is the case) than that funds are gone.
Take care next time.

are you sure? because I have heard many stories of people that have gotten their money back even if it didn't origin from their CC. But I guess getting back money that was taken from your CC is easier because then you have to places you can ask for chargeback (PayPal + your bank)

 

[-Adam-]

Why anyone would keep that amount of money sitting in their PayPal account considering the horror stories is beyond me. I would have called them right away without thinking.

I agree with Tippy, Once my paypal reaches a certain cap it goes straight to my bank account. I don't trust them to hold my money at all.

Also emailing them is a waste of time especially for that amount of money get on the phone and get proactive.

 

[newsiness]

Thank you guys for the input...I already contacted them via phone...they said they will investigate and follow up with me through email. Pray!!!

 

[lpstong]

My mother had a hacker get into her paypal. She had use a follow through link sent via email and didnt realize it was a phising site.

But either way she called. And they dont send emails. My mother and Paypal had serveral callbacks on the topic of the money in her paypal account.

 

[Dan]

At what point do you guys transfer to your bank? Wouldn't that be annoying to wait 3-4 days every time to get the money out to make a payment..

 

[labrocca]

I agree with Tippy, Once my paypal reaches a certain cap it goes straight to my bank account. I don't trust them to hold my money at all.

Also emailing them is a waste of time especially for that amount of money get on the phone and get proactive.

Yeah I never keep more than $1k in my paypal (or less) and even the bank account attached to paypal I only keep a small amount in. My main banking accounts are NOT linked to paypal or the internet in general. I use an internet bank and paypal as buffer zones from my regular assets. If they get compromised I don't lose thousands.

Anyways...explain how you had thousands in the account. I am always skeptical about peoples stories about paypal ripping them off. For all we know....he got a bogus payment for a domain and now they took the money back.

 

[lpstong]

At what point do you guys transfer to your bank? Wouldn't that be annoying to wait 3-4 days every time to get the money out to make a payment..

No not really I would do it about every $100 - $150 than transfer.

 

[Corky]

I agree with Tippy, Once my paypal reaches a certain cap it goes straight to my bank account. I don't trust them to hold my money at all.

Also emailing them is a waste of time especially for that amount of money get on the phone and get proactive.

I'm with you two on this one, I think that's exactly what it is. If not, please keep us updated and let us know what was wrong.

 

[Kate]

Perhaps you should check that you do not have a trojan/keystroke recorder on your computer...

 

[newsiness]

Received a called from paypal, they have restored back the money. They apologized and explained to me that this is due to the technical errors. THANKS!!!

 

[mis_chiff]

Glad to hear it worked out for you!

Did you happen to get the apology on tape :lol: