I have just been burgled and mugged via paypal. No warning, I’ve not bought anything dodgy or told anyone my passwords nor do i have it set as “password” or something guessable.
I’m sat on sofa with laptop about to do my rota for work and i get a paypal email saying I’ve sent a payment of 153 US $. It had my full name correct on the email….. Don’t panic don’t panic… OK PANIC! that’s £103 i don’t have. Paypal customer phone number closed minutes before this email of course. I couldn’t change password, so i gave Hubby laptop to keep trying for me as i phone my bank. I’m now more annoyed as a second transaction for 47 US $ so £30-something stolen. Altogether around one hundred and fifty bloody quid.
Am annoyed! I’ve got my bank to block all my account and cancel cards, new cards in the post. So for the next week I’ve no real access to my own money. I can get money if i go into a branch in person. Not easy that.
Dammit
* Update *
Seems it wasn’t just me that had this. Found others on twitter this morning. Also non customers tweeting paypal for help as Chinese people were trying to set up accounts with their email accounts. Sounds like a bigger problem than last night, when i had thought an individual had hacked me…. Not a group had hacked paypal. I can’t prove this theory but i think if you’re reading this as a precaution change your passwords very soon.