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: steveparkes; Smurf Admin; Posts: 3277; Joined: Wed May 26, 2004 6:39 am; Location: London & Nottingham; Website: http://www.nationalfriends.co.uk

Postby steveparkes » Fri Jun 10, 2011 6:06 am

Just wanted to warn everyone that there are some paypal thieves about. I bought a smurf on ebay on friday and on monday had my account hacked and £305 stolen from my account

Just letting everyone know to regularly change thier passwords and keep a close eye on thier accounts

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: Ritter_Schlumpfenherz; Dupuis Smurf; Posts: 4024; Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:36 am; Location: Germany

Postby Ritter_Schlumpfenherz » Fri Jun 10, 2011 6:12 am

OMG!!!!

That totally sucks!!!

Any chances that you might get back the money?

Sending big :hug:s over to you

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: Tojo; Dupuis Smurf; Posts: 4938; Joined: Fri Nov 12, 2004 11:27 am; Location: Karben, near Frankfurt

Postby Tojo » Fri Jun 10, 2011 6:34 am

That is really bad news Steve

Thanks for the warning.

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: Lia; Dupuis Smurf; Posts: 3422; Joined: Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:53 am; Location: The Netherlands

Postby Lia » Fri Jun 10, 2011 7:43 am

That`s a nightmare Steve

Could Paypal see that it was hacked and did they refund the money?

I`ve had a lot of fraudulous mails from people who wanted to hack my Paypalaccount, but luckily without success.
However, my Ebayaccount was hacked twice,once by someone from Spain, who changed the name, therefor this crazy name still can be seen in the history and worse....once by criminals in France who tried to sell a stolen car in my name:-(((((
It took a long time before all was solved.

I hope, you didn`t loose a penny!

Lia

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: Benny; Gold Smurf; Posts: 472; Joined: Sun Jan 02, 2011 2:32 pm; Location: Switzerland

Postby Benny » Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:43 am

Hi Steve,

What cheek.

I hope you get your money back! I have seen recently also a television report about them, how the hackers work and that Paypal is not totally clear, in terms such crimes.

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: Smurfysmurf; Smurf Admin; Posts: 9500; Joined: Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:24 pm; Location: Tennessee, USA; Website: http://www.hiddeninthewoods.com

Postby Smurfysmurf » Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:17 pm

That's a lot of money

Out of curiosity...did you have the money on your paypal account or did they have access to our Credit Card and/or bank account thru paypal?

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: smurfowen; Foxi Smurf; Posts: 733; Joined: Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:07 am; Location: Colerne, United Kingdom

Postby smurfowen » Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:27 am

who was it that you bought from, so that we know to avoid them.

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: Tintin; Pop Rocky Smurf; Posts: 2483; Joined: Fri Nov 10, 2006 2:34 pm; Location: Holland

Postby Tintin » Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:59 am

Hi Steve

Sorry to hear, that's a lot of money.
Hope you will get it back !!!

Tintin

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: XoioX2000; Supreme Smelly Dragon (Admin); Posts: 2095; Joined: Sun Sep 05, 2004 5:43 am; Location: Milton Keynes (UK); Website: http://www.thedragonscave.co.uk/

Postby XoioX2000 » Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:23 am

Sorry to hear that Steve. Any clues about how they got to your account?

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: steveparkes; Smurf Admin; Posts: 3277; Joined: Wed May 26, 2004 6:39 am; Location: London & Nottingham; Website: http://www.nationalfriends.co.uk

Postby steveparkes » Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:41 am

Thanks everyone, I am happy to say I got the money refunded today. I still have no clue as to how they got into my account..It's quite scary to think that someone a million miles away from you can get into your account and take money from your bank via paypal.

Since changing the password and re-gaining control of my account I have had several 'emails' from paypal asking me to re-affirm my details..needless to say I have ignored them and sent them to fraud at paypal

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: Ritter_Schlumpfenherz; Dupuis Smurf; Posts: 4024; Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:36 am; Location: Germany

Postby Ritter_Schlumpfenherz » Mon Jun 20, 2011 3:05 am

Great to hear that you got the money refunded, Steve.

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: Tojo; Dupuis Smurf; Posts: 4938; Joined: Fri Nov 12, 2004 11:27 am; Location: Karben, near Frankfurt

Postby Tojo » Mon Jun 20, 2011 12:24 pm

I'm really glad that you got your money back Steve

What a pain in the @#*§ though!!!

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: steveparkes; Smurf Admin; Posts: 3277; Joined: Wed May 26, 2004 6:39 am; Location: London & Nottingham; Website: http://www.nationalfriends.co.uk

Postby steveparkes » Tue Jun 21, 2011 3:01 am

Cheers guys..yeah it is a pain as paypal was the way I paid for smurfs

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: Yonna; Foxi Smurf; Posts: 624; Joined: Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:46 pm; Location: Helsinki, Finland

Postby Yonna » Fri Jun 24, 2011 12:58 pm

I'm so glad for you Steve!!

Go ahead! Smurf my day!

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