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Technique
10-13-2006, 03:24 PM
I wake up this morning and check my email as usual only to find that "I" have sent $60 to someone who I don't even know or have had any transactions with. I wasn't the one who sent it. The first thing that crossed my mine was to change all of my eBay, PayPal, Gmail passwords to ensure that this didn't happen again. Then I called PayPal to report this and the lady sent me an email walking me through the steps of claiming it back. She told me that I must've come in contact with a spoof PayPal email or something, but to be honest I am VERY careful about that and I always check to make sure it's not. She then proceeded to tell me that it would take 7-10 business days (?!) to recieve my refund back IF I win the case.

Here's the contact information associated with the person's PayPal account.




Business Name:
Twisted Assault
Email:
twistedassault@gmail.com

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Business Contact Information

Customer Service URL: http://www.twisted-assault.com
Customer Service Email: twistedassault@gmail.com

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Total Amount:
-$60.00 USD

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Date:
Oct. 13, 2006
Time:
05:28:32 PDT
Status:
Completed

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I've checked the website and it doesn't seem to be working. I looked it up on whois.org and it looks like it's registered through a proxy.

Any suggestions on what else I should do? Just wait? Can someone help me figure out who did this maybe? :evil: Has this happend to anyone else before?
RegalSin2020
10-13-2006, 03:54 PM
well there is tons of places to get help for this. Sounds like a person who knows there computers. I would also consult the FBI or about this*. Maybe this person has done this to thousands of people.

If the person has a number maybe you can get a cop to track it.

I would not try anything like communicating with the subject. I would let Paypal handle this.

Also on the topic of Paypal. If they decline your payment then I suggest complainging to higher power.

Lastly I would think back to anybody you communicated with recently on or offline or webpages you visited. Maybe it might be somebody you know. Maybe there is a virus or you decided to use your account in a work place and somebody got your password.
mtxbass1
10-13-2006, 04:15 PM
RegalSin, please stop posting. Please.
Z-Saber
10-13-2006, 04:27 PM
HOLY CRAP, mtxbass1, your sig caused me to ERUPT in laughter.
cranguy
10-13-2006, 11:02 PM
RegalSin, please stop posting. Please.QFT