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nicktv08
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Well I log into my eBay tonight around 10 o clock to see if a card I listed sold (sure enough it did ) then I notice that there are two items that I "sold" that I never listed. One was for a laptop which sold for $3 and shoes with no picture that sold for $3. I came to the quick realization that someone had hacked into my account somehow. Both buyers of the items have addresses listed in the Russian federation.
So I call eBay and they remove the listings and say I will be credited back any fees and any money that may have been lost. I then change my password and within a few mins the listings disappear and I am somewhat relieved.
Now my paypal password is completely different from my eBay password so I thought there is no way they were able to take any money out, but I was wrong
I logged in and sure enough there were three transactions that happened within a couple minute window that of course weren't mine. One was for roughly $150, the other for roughly $50 and the other for roughly $60 I call paypal and dispute the transactions and they say I should have the money back in 7-10 days. I then change my password and just hope everything will be ok.
The weird part was that the money that was deducted was used for shipping labels it said? So are hackers cashing in these somehow or something? Seemed kind of weird to me.
Hopefully that's all the info and money they got because I bank at a small bank that is closed on the weekends and my account will not update until Monday so hopefully im not horribly in debt or something. I guess it has to happen to someone just not sure why it had to be me
I just wanted to let people know this is happening and it happened within minutes. I was checking my ebay around every 15 mins to check the status of my card and if it had a bid then I checked it like 20 mins after it ended and bam this had all happened within like 30 mins of me checking.
I just hope everything turns out ok
So I call eBay and they remove the listings and say I will be credited back any fees and any money that may have been lost. I then change my password and within a few mins the listings disappear and I am somewhat relieved.
Now my paypal password is completely different from my eBay password so I thought there is no way they were able to take any money out, but I was wrong
I logged in and sure enough there were three transactions that happened within a couple minute window that of course weren't mine. One was for roughly $150, the other for roughly $50 and the other for roughly $60 I call paypal and dispute the transactions and they say I should have the money back in 7-10 days. I then change my password and just hope everything will be ok.
The weird part was that the money that was deducted was used for shipping labels it said? So are hackers cashing in these somehow or something? Seemed kind of weird to me.
Hopefully that's all the info and money they got because I bank at a small bank that is closed on the weekends and my account will not update until Monday so hopefully im not horribly in debt or something. I guess it has to happen to someone just not sure why it had to be me
I just wanted to let people know this is happening and it happened within minutes. I was checking my ebay around every 15 mins to check the status of my card and if it had a bid then I checked it like 20 mins after it ended and bam this had all happened within like 30 mins of me checking.
I just hope everything turns out ok