im thinking you might have been scammed in some other way. This just occurred at teh sametime. I get the exact same email all the time.
so look where the charges were made, maybe you got had by a scammer store in czech.
Aug-29-2006 15:11
tranceDJ
The Music Tickles My Ears
Registered: Feb 2001
Location: USA
Trick is...when you see any email from your bank, paypal, whatever and it says "Dear [insert institution] MEMBER"...
They only time you should believe that it's legitimate is when you see your actual name addressed in the email.
Aug-29-2006 16:16
narcism
faithless fangirl
Registered: Jul 2002
Location: Let go of my mind
quote:
Originally posted by Subey
There is a flaw in the logic here which I suspect is caused by 2 events occuring in proximity resulting in you believing they are related.
if u read 2 posts above this i state it wasnt thru paypal that i was robbed, someone just got a hole of my card details, and i dont know where its gone as my mum is handling it for me.
Maybe it was a coincidence that the email came and then i suddenly had no money i dont know, apparently paypal are investigating it, which i doubt they are, my card is now frozen (even tho its maxed out) and the bank is sending me some funds so i can leave this country.
Aug-29-2006 17:28
Ygrene
Dr. Stinkburger Deluxe
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Totergefuttert
quote:
Originally posted by narcism
if u read 2 posts above this i state it wasnt thru paypal that i was robbed, someone just got a hole of my card details, and i dont know where its gone as my mum is handling it for me.
Maybe it was a coincidence that the email came and then i suddenly had no money i dont know, apparently paypal are investigating it, which i doubt they are, my card is now frozen (even tho its maxed out) and the bank is sending me some funds so i can leave this country.
I empathize with you deeply Jolz, having had it happen to me....although I wasn't in the middle of a foreign country!! I hope everything gets sorted properly for you!!
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Aug-29-2006 17:35
superglo
shake well before use ...
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: in between the sheets
oh man.
that sucks.
now i'm even more paranoid about having using my card for online transactions.
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: The corner where 'l' resolves into '<'
quote:
Originally posted by narcism
if u read 2 posts above this i state it wasnt thru paypal that i was robbed, someone just got a hole of my card details, and i dont know where its gone as my mum is handling it for me.
Maybe it was a coincidence that the email came and then i suddenly had no money i dont know, apparently paypal are investigating it, which i doubt they are, my card is now frozen (even tho its maxed out) and the bank is sending me some funds so i can leave this country.
ah, my bad.
Looks like we are in the same boat. I'm waiting for the bank to send me some funds too so I can leave this country
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Aug-29-2006 18:23
Trance Nutter
........... I got nothing
Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Adelaide, Australia
quote:
Originally posted by tranceDJ
Trick is...when you see any email from your bank, paypal, whatever and it says "Dear [insert institution] MEMBER"...
They only time you should believe that it's legitimate is when you see your actual name addressed in the email.
um no. The only time you should believe its legitimate is when theres no link in the email.
A real bank, ebay or (I'm assuming) paypal email will NOT have a link to their website saying "OMG click here or else you gonna get scammed".
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Aug-30-2006 00:32
yujie__
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Somewhere over the Rainbow
I get these at least 2 times in a week. recently a new one appear about payment to a dell latitude laptop which is also a scam. i forward these to [email protected]
