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The Paypal Dispute and Claim Gotcha – Escalating Your Claim Gets It Dismissed

Here’s something that we just learned the hard way – from direct personal experience. If you file a dispute with Paypal – and then escalate it to a claim, as Paypal encourages you to do – there is only one situation in which Paypal won’t then immediately dismiss your claim, making it a win for a non-compliant, non-responsive, or just plain sleazy seller.

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New Paypal Scam Asks for Passport, Drivers License and Credit Card

A new scam going around the internet, originating from “security@paypalfraudcheck.com”, tells Paypal users that their account has been limited, and to remove the limit, they must scan and email a copy of their passport or driver’s license, a copy of their Paypal credit or debit card, and a copy of a recent utility bill.

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The “Receipt for Your Payment to” eBay Paypal Phishing Spam

There has been a new rash of “Receipt for your payment to” eBay Paypal phishing spam which is intended to elicit a shock response causing the target to rush to log into their Paypal account to figure out why they are being charged hundreds to thousands of dollars for an eBay purchase which they know that they didn’t actually make.

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Use Paypal with Any Online Shopping Site – Even Ones that Don’t Accept Paypal!

Paypal has introduced a new feature which allows you to use your Paypal account to shop online even at websites that don’t accept Paypal. The way it works is that Paypal generates for you a virtual credit card number – that is a credit card number which works (and appears) like a MasterCard number, but which really ties back to and is paid by the funds in your Paypal account. These virtual credit cards are known as Paypal Secure Cards. You can use a Paypal Secure Card just as you would a regular credit card when shopping online.

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Paypal Instant Payment Notification System Goes Down

Have you bought anything using PayPal in the last week? Keep an eye open for delivery, as the merchant may be unable to promptly process the order due to a bug in PayPal’s Instant Payment Notification (IPN) system. The problem all began when PayPal made an update to the Paypal IPN system some time early Thursday morning Pacific Standard Time. Later that morning PayPal’s ecommerce customers began reporting problems. Here’s what happened.

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Paypal to Block Apple Safari Browser, Other Browsers

Paypal has announced that they are going to block the Apple Safari web browser, along with a few other browsers. The online payment service, purchased by eBay for $1.5B back in 2002, in the good old days of rampant Internet mergers and acquisitions, has become a frequent target of phishers and hackers. Anxious to recapture their good name and to offer to sellers and buyers alike a more secure environment, PayPal plans to discontinue support for web browsers that do not include anti-phishing capabilities. If this plan goes through, PayPal will block Safari and older versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, and Netscape.

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The Newest Paypal Phish Exhorts “Account Activity – Action Required”

Paypal phish are as common as the cold. Here, the newest one claims that there have been foreign attempts to log into your Paypal account, and explains that if it wasn’t you (which, of course, it wasn’t) you should click on the link to verifiy your identity. Where does the link really go? Not to Paypal, that’s for sure. In fact, it really goes to https://www.theinternetpatrol.com/brick-wall/, which is a very convincing Paypal phishing site.

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Is Paypal Down? Why Yes, It Is

If you have been frustrated trying to reach Paypal, well, you’re not alone. Countless people have been unable to reach the Paypal website, receiving, instead, this error.

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New Starbucks Paypal Phish – “You Have Pending Payment to Starbucks”

A brand new phishing attempt invokes both Starbucks and Paypal, and starts out by saying “This email confirms that you have a pending payment to Starbucks (sales@starbucks.com) $119.88 USD using PayPal. This credit card transaction will appear on your bill as “PAYPAL *StarbucksStore”.” Don’t fall for it! Of course, all the links which appear to go to PayPal really go to a newly registered site called qunxy.com. Don’t go there!

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PayPal Mobile Available Now! Buy Stuff and Send Money Using Your Mobile Phone and PayPal!

PayPal Mobile has not yet been officially rolled out, but it is available, right now! Here are the details!

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Why is admin@keithware.com Sending Me a PayPal Bill for Their Inspection Sticker Ticket?

Is it a scam? Is it spam? Is it phishing? Is it legal? Someone using the email address admin@keithware.com is sending people Paypal invoices out of the blue, with the subject “help me pay for my inspection sticker ticket and ill love you forever. thanks”

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Evil New PayPal Phish! New email address added to your PayPal account!

There is a new PayPal phishing campaign going on. It warns you about a “New email address added to your PayPal account!”

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Papal or Paypal, It’s All the Same Scam

Whether it’s the world’s largest auction house, Paypal, or the world’s most believed and mourned pontiff, Pope John Paul II, spammers and scammers are not above invoking their name in an effort to relieve you of your money. Even before Pope John Paul II’s body was laid to its final…