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I came home from my Photoshop class last night to find out that someone in New York hacked into my Paypal account and stole everything I had, PLUS $300 from my checking account, that my Paypal account is linked to.

I'm so upset I want to throw up and burst into tears.

I leave on vacation in just a few days and I've just lost $600 that could've been used on my trip.

Paypal has launched an investigation, but it could take up to 30 days to get my money back.

It just SICKENS me that there are people out there who are too fucking lazy to get an actual job, so they steal from others.

I feel so violated now, and terrified that this could happen again, to any of my online accounts (credit cards, etc.)

I truly, truly just want to curl up in a corner and cry.

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Oh shit. I am so sorry that this happened to you. I kinda know how that feels, something similar happened to my debit card a couple of years ago and I've lost about the same amount and never got it back. I hope they can get it back for you *huggles*

Omg. Hug. So sorry this happened to you.

Omg. That's so scary. I'm sorry, hun. :/

Oh no. I'm so sorry. I'm sure your bank and PayPal will make good on it.

At least you have something fun to look forward to.

I'm sorry this happened to you. How were they able to hack into your account? I hope the investigation finds who did it and so they can go go jail.

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OMG, that is so scary! I have paypal too and I'm scared to think what would happen if my account got hacked into. Are you at least going to get your money back from Paypal?

While it wasn't due to Paypal, PJ and I DID have this happen to us a few years ago when someone hacked our bank account (we discovered later it was to purchase computer parts from Japan, of all things). The chain reaction that followed was worse. As we try to keep track of every penny (when you live hand to mouth, you must), one minute we had enough in the account to cover incoming bills -- then the bills hit and there was nothing there, causing an overdraw fee, and the companies tried putting them through again (while it was still empty) which added ANOTHER overdraw charge... Our account had to be shut down pending an investigation, we had tons of businesses shaking their fists and charging us late fees, AND we had no money to buy groceries or cat food or litter or put gas in the car. We wound up having to close that account completely, reopen a new one and set up our automatic payments all over again. And while the bank forgave us the overdraws, we still got stuck with a lot of late fees. Talk about kickin' ya when you're down...

My heart goes out to you, hon, because I know how infuriating and frustrating this is. Hopefully, they'll catch whoever it was that did this. *HUGS*

God that's awful. Some people out there are so heartless.I hope paypal manages to get your money back.
((HUGS))

OMG! That just sucks. I'm sorry {{{{{ HUGS }}}}}

Today was a shitty ass day :-(

OhGod, that is awful. I'm so sorry, Spook.

That's terrible! I'm sorry that happened to you.

Do you know how the person managed to hack into your account? Is there a way they can track it back to the source?

Good luck, and I hope you get your money back. Now I want to go change the account numbers on all my accounts, just in case.

For all the ease and joys of digital life, this is one of the big downfalls.

This sucks on such a huge scale. I hope they get this figured out for you quick, honey.

I am so sorry

lets lynch the fucking bastards

Oh Barb I am so so sorry! That's horrible! How did you find out? Did PayPal contact you or were you just checking your account?

I'm so upset I want to throw up and burst into tears.

That is totally understandable!

Paypal has launched an investigation, but it could take up to 30 days to get my money back.
Will they be able to get the money taken from the checking account back as well or do you have to do a whole other thing with the bank?

It just SICKENS me that there are people out there who are too fucking lazy to get an actual job, so they steal from others.

Really! Especially this way! Use your computer skills to do something GOOD, you loser! I hope they're caught.

I feel so violated now, and terrified that this could happen again, to any of my online accounts (credit cards, etc.)

It's such a violation of trsust as well as everything else. These online institutions claim to be safe, and they're so widely used by so many people, that it lulls you into a false sense of security. At least I know it does me, and then something like this happens!

I truly, truly just want to curl up in a corner and cry.

Shedding tears does have the positive effect of cleansing certain chemicals from the body and the brain. Leaving you in far better shape to help me decide how to track this asswipe down and kill him tomorrow.

Oh my god, I"m so sorry. I really hope they can get your money back. Jesus. Sometimes people are just awful.

hey, you. that's just an awful thing to have happen. i hope paypal is able to find and prosecute them, asholes.

((((((((((hugs))))))))))

Oh, I hate PayPal--the same thing happened to me and getting it resolved was ridiculous. I'm so glad that they're taking you seriously and getting it resolved for you! And I'm so so sorry that this happened, it's just disgusting! I hope it's all resolved quickly. Try to enjoy your vacation--why does it never fail that something like this happens just before you have no time to deal with it??

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