06-04-2002, 05:21 PM
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Rear Admiral Lower Half
  
Join Date: May 2000
Location: East of Eden
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Warning - My account was hacked today.
Just a warning.
My paypal and Hotmail accounts were hacked today. Someone attempted to sign on, and send themselves $3500 in a variety of transactions. As of today, an email from jase71@hotmail.com is NOT from me, and should be ignored or reported. I'm not currently working on any deals with anyone, so if you get an email from jase71@hotmail.com, it's not from me! Thanks. 
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06-04-2002, 06:11 PM
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Chief of Naval Operations
 
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fscking thieves.
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06-04-2002, 06:12 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: San Francisco
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are you being held liable, or is there something that protects ya from it?
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06-04-2002, 07:16 PM
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: East of Eden
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They tried two transactions. One on a credit card for $2000, and one from my checking for $1500. The credit card transaction was denied, because I use a small, low balance card (for exactly this reason) for paypal and web orders. Had he been a little less greedy, he might have gotten something. The Checking transfer would have gone through... and started to. But I noticed it in time, and put a stop on my account at my credit union, and also contacted Paypal to have it cancelled/reversed. At this point, it doesn't look like it'll cost me anything. I'd probably have been ok with the credit card... they'd cover me except for a small portion. I'd have taken it in the shorts on the Checking account transfer if I hadn't noticed it. No protection there. As soon as this is all cleared up, I'm closing down the paypal account. I guess I'll give up selling and trading online, at least if it involves money transfers. Guess I can count my blessings that I caught it in time... |
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06-04-2002, 10:07 PM
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Lieutenant
 Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: La Jolla, CA, USA, UCSD
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Were your hotmail and paypal passwords the same?
My paypal password is a real random string of numbers and letters...someone would have to actually hack paypal to get it... good luck |
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06-05-2002, 05:16 AM
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Rear Admiral Lower Half
Join Date: May 2000
Location: East of Eden
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Yep. They were the same. The accounts were several years old, and still had the original passwords from way back before I was a paranoid person.
My newer accounts all use better, more difficult passwords... I just neglected those because I'd had them so long. Live and learn. They're different now, and much more cryptic. |
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06-05-2002, 06:12 AM
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Location: Michigan
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/me runs to change my paypal password....
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06-05-2002, 06:28 AM
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Rear Admiral Upper Half
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Michigan
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That sucks man. I had somebody get my creditcard number before,and they ordered some crap online. It was only 30 bucks worth of stuff, but I hgad to fill out paperwork for citibank, and wait seemingly forever to get the money recreditted to my account, as well as getting a whole new card. Just a royal PITA.
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06-05-2002, 02:58 PM
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Admiral
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Hiding amongst the minnows
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Too bad we couldn't track them down...
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06-05-2002, 05:38 PM
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