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Guys,

Last month I removed a trojan virus from my PC after my bank called me to alert me of a breach to my online account from a different state than I live in. I changed as many of my online accounts as I could remember... opened a diff checking account and avoided any fraudulant transactions via my bank. Unfortunately I failed to change the pw to my PP account. Yes, I f'd up for not changing 100% of all my online pw's... but what happens next is F-ng BS.

A few days ago my PP account was breached. Someone logged into my account and initiated a $900 transaction for a non material cyber item and the person doesn't list a shipping address since it's non material. I called PP and they froze the account. They assured me I was safe and they would investigate. I followed their suggestion of changing my pw. 4 days later, the transaction went thru!!! I had filed the dispute stating the transaction was unauthorized and they Fcking denied my dispute. They let the money go and I am now working my bank to reverse the charges.


The fcker who breached my account got into my PP, initiated a transaction for a " Lineage 2 Baium Ring " whatever the F that is. The same person also initiated a "non receipt of item" dispute from my account. It makes no sense b/c that is something someone would do if they were a buyer (like I am proposed to be in this transaction) and if it was a legit transaction. Perhaps the dispute was filed by the scammer to get PP off balance and confuse the issue???.

Well... it's F-ing worked for the F-ing scammer. PP denied MY claim that the entire episode was unauthorized.

I have the hotmail address and a name that the F'er used in the transaction.

Has anyone else had to deal with anything along these lines? Can anyone do a reverse find on an email if I give you the address at hotmail ?
 

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Lineage 2 Baium Ring...He used it to buy pieces in an online war game... thats where that came from. Probably scammed on the other end as well...google that email addy and those words and see if maybe he hasnt been shopping around ,....
 

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Looked it up, "Lineage 2: Baium Ring" is a video game for what it's worth.
 

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interesting bit about the online poker xsfer. I think I considered doing one of those a few years ago but I don't think I followed thru and I honestly don't know who it would have been with. However... I somewhat recognize the other person's email that rvcd my $900. It's CobraKobra at hot mail. I don't know where I've seen that name before, but it looks familiar from somewhere.

I am writing to PP to rcv all the investigative docs they have on this which I hope to rcv in a few weeks. PP seems convinced it's all legit as if it they are certain the transaction was initiated from my pc. That is 100% impossible... so it's up to me to finish their investigation on my own.

I am wondering if there is a technology that exists to make a log into a PP accout APPEAR to come from somewhere it's not taking place. Or perhaps is someone sat out in our parking lot and got into our PC via our wirless connection.
 

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From a gaming website:

men han dixo q ha habido problemas para encontrarme ingame xq mi nick aki no coincide con el de ingame, os pongo aki donde contactar conmigo.


MSN----> cobrakobra@hotmail.com

ingame-> XxJASPERRExX
 

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Another post on a different forum with the same email...

men han dixo q ha habido problemas para encontrarme ingame xq mi nick aki no coincide con el de ingame, os pongo aki donde contactar conmigo.
 

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Guys name is "Jasperre" on both forums FYI... let me try and translate what he posted.
 

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Translation does nothing but they are talking about that Lineage 2 game.

Let me try and dig a little deeper.
 

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He posts at a bunch of gaming sites including l2guru.com.

His info isn't helpful:

Location
In my fckng house
Interests
hobby?? IRL
Occupation
masturbating
 

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thanx for the digging Jake. I googled his email and came up with some similar hits. I am pretty sure the trojan virus I removed from our pc last month was downloading keystrokes to somebody somewhere... most likely this F you list above.

I want to see the investigative docs that PP has to see if there is anything further I can learn about how this F-er pulled it off to make it appear as if the transaction came from my pc. After having talked to about 6 diff PP reps in 48 hours... I am expecting to rcv a halfassed report with no definity. PP dropped the ball at so many diff levels I can't even begin to explain. Very frustrating.
 

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Let Paypal know it was a trojan virus. The only reason they wouldn't issue a chargeback is due due to the fact he used your computer remotely, and thus your IP was recorded on the transaction. Why they wouldn't chargeback for something like this is beyond me.
 

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