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21 October 2007

They be in my PayPal stealin' my money! 107 euros to play World of Warcraft. →[More:]

I checked my email just now only to find out that PayPal had sent me a receipt for a purchase from Online Game Service, for 107 Euros. The email address for Online Game Service is wowgold2006 at email dot com. It was kyleg who recognized that it was for World of Warcraft. The IP of the buyer shows that they are in Germany, with a P.O Box address. Boy do I ever want to go fucking Blitzkrieg on some shit right now.

In addition to filing a dispute (which can take up to 10 days to work through), I have changed the password to my bank account, and have changed my PayPal password and the two security questions. I will be closing my PayPal account when all of this is over. I just feel like, dudes, if you can't keep my shit under lock & key with a password and two security questions, WHY am I doing business with you?

post by: viachicago at: 16:38 | 5 comments

I'm sorry to hear this, via.

posted by halonine 21 October | 19:28

107 Euros?!? That's a lotta samoleons. I hope you can get it all back, and in a timely fashion.

posted by elizard 21 October | 20:54

aaaarrrgh! that sucks. doesn't ebay own paypal now?

posted by psho 21 October | 21:29

I don't know if eBay owns them. They need to get pwned, though.

I submitted a dispute online and followed up with a phone call. A resolution was sent to me a few hours later, which I have to admit is pretty impressive.

My hope is that the money doesn't leave my bank at all, but I think it may, as the transaction was completed and I was told on the phone that they cannot stop a banking process (nor could my bank stop anything, because they couldn't even see the activity on the account yet).

I got a follow-up email from the seller, and some guy was trying to purchase 3000 golds. Buying fake money with my real money!

posted by viachicago 21 October | 21:47

I'm shocked that they're taking care of it so quickly.

posted by kyleg 22 October | 00:59

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