I just got $500 via Paypal for no reason...

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zainali

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go to details of the transaction and there should be a refund button on the bottom of the page. click on it and refund.
 

sswingle

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Originally posted by: harrkev
Originally posted by: JBT
Originally posted by: tami
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Just leave it there and collect interest.
what's the interest rate?
5.X% I think.
Whoah. That is better than a CD right now. I'm investing in Paypal! :p

Hah. I wouldn't. Put tons of money in, wake up tomorrow and find the account locked for unknown reasons.
 

Alex

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Originally posted by: her209
Its probably a scam.

1. Stolen credit card funds get sent to you.
2. You, being a good samaritan, contact the sender and send the money back.
3. Paypal credits back the fradulent charge and charges you $500.
4. You are out $500 you sent to the sender.

yeah they'll prolly revoke the money and then you'll actually end up losing the $20 service charge or whatever
:p


i'd let it sit for a while and then go nuts and spend it
 

Chiboy

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Jun 4, 2002
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No email from Paypal or the sender, umm 6months I think it is before i'm safe correct?
 

KarenMarie

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Do you have a PayPal name that could be easily mistaken? It might be that the payment was meant for someone else and the sender made a mistake when typing in the name.
 

Chiboy

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It has come to our attention that you may have received potentially unauthorized funds in your PayPal account. We have initiated an investigation into this event. In the meantime, we have placed a temporary hold on the funds in question until the investigation is complete. This temporary hold will show as a deduction in your available balance. In the meantime, you are free to continue transacting using your PayPal account.

Transaction Date: Oct. 4, 2006 00:53:12 PDT
Transaction Amount: $500.00 USD
Payor's Email: kcardona22@gmail.com

Please reply to this email with any questions you may have concerning this reversal.

Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department
 

tommywishbone

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Originally posted by: franguinho
Originally posted by: her209
Its probably a scam.

1. Stolen credit card funds get sent to you.
2. You, being a good samaritan, contact the sender and send the money back.
3. Paypal credits back the fradulent charge and charges you $500.
4. You are out $500 you sent to the sender.

Looks like you were correct. Nice detective work.
 

quentinterintino

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Jul 14, 2002
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Dear Friend,

I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance
department
BANK
OF AFRICA .

In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of U.S$25M US dollars
(Twenty five Million US dollars) in an account that belongs to one of
our
foreign customer who died along with his entire family in November 2002
in a
plane crash.

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his
next if
kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it
unless
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidlines and laws but unfortunately we learnt
that
all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the
plane crash leaving
nobody behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this
business
proposal to you so that the money will be released to you as the next
of
kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement
since
nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the
bank
treasury as unclaimed bill.

The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money
remained
unclaimed after four years, the money will be transfered into the bank
treasury as unclaimed bill. The request of foreigner as next of kin in
this
business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner
and a
Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.

I propose that 30% of this money will be for you as my foreign
partner,
in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10% will be set aside
for
expenses incured during the business and 60% would be for me.
Thereafter I
will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages
indicated.

Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as
arranged,
you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the
deceased
indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private
telephone
and fax number for easy and effective communication and location
wherein
the money will be remitted.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by e-mail a text of the
application which you'll fill in and send to the bank's email address..
I
will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is
hitch-free
and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required
arrangements have been made for the transfer.

You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter
for
further clearifications.

Yours faithfully,
. DR AMIRI BABO
 

JS80

Lifer
Oct 24, 2005
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Originally posted by: ActuaryTm
Originally posted by: harrkev
Originally posted by: JBT
Originally posted by: tami
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Just leave it there and collect interest.
what's the interest rate?
5.X% I think.
Whoah. That is better than a CD right now. I'm investing in Paypal! :p
Be aware the PayPal Money Market Fund is not directly insured by the FDIC.

if a major money market goes broke you can be sure you have more things to worry about than the $500 you have in there