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Posted by John Hopkins
- December 12, 2013, 03:58:19 AMSome years ago I had a paypal account, at the time I sold a few things and instead of drawing the money out I left it there to use to buy a few things, this way I was always in credit and didn't have to add payments or use a bank card..
After a while I got an email from ebay saying that I had to change my password because someone else was using my account..so I did..
At this point paypal locked me out of my account with them and would not let me back in, I tried to contact them but had no luck in getting past the automated reply system and none of my messages were ever answered..so I lost that account..
Today my son, who has a paypal account received a letter from his bank debit account saying that there was not enough in his account to pay a direct debit payment to paypal of £55.37..This is hardly supprising when you consider that it is a dufunct debit card with only 4p in the account..
Bearing in mind that this is the second time paypal has been used to defraud my family I thought it might be a good idea to warn any of you that still use paypal to take care to check each transaction..
I might even go further and suggest that you close any paypal accounts you may have, Just because you have had no problems yet doesn't mean you won't have any in the future.
The above attempt to obtain £55.37 is just the tip of the iceburg as it is a direct debit, which means that the person collecting the money could empty any account in a very short time.
John.