Re: Paypal has been hacked

[Spellcheck Patrol <alarminstall@xxxxxxx>]

On Mar 13, 9:46=A0pm, mleuck <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mar 13, 8:39=A0pm, Spellcheck Patrol <alarminst...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Mar 13, 8:58=A0pm, tourman <robercampb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > On Mar 13, 8:31=A0pm, "Doug" <n...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > "Matt Ion" <soundy...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > > >news:hnhc75$fuo$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> > > > > On 11/03/2010 8:52 AM, tourman wrote:
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> > > > >> I sent a report to the FBI site for reporting this kind of
> > > > >> thing; however, since no money was actually lost (by me anyway),=
 no
> > > > >> action will likely ever be taken.
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> > > > > Of course money is lost... either by Paypal, who has to cover to =
payment
> > > > > to the vendor(s), or by the vendor(s) themselves. =A0Either way, =
a
> > > > > significant amount is probably involved.
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> > > > There could be a number of reasons on how this happened, including =
RHC's
> > > > assertion that paypal has been hacked, but it doesn't necessarily f=
ollow
> > > > that because RHC's paypal account was apparently compromised that p=
aypal
> > > > itself was hacked. It could be that someone got hold of RHC's passw=
ord or
> > > > his computer may have been the one that was hacked.
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> > > > Doug
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> > > RHC: No I don't think it had anything to do with me. If they had
> > > hacked my computer, I likely would have lost a lot more before I
> > > spotted it. Also, I have just about everything made in the way of
> > > security on all my computers, so that I believe is a long shot. The
> > > CIBC bank gives free software for your computer that further encrypts
> > > all pages where passwords are typed in (on top of a myriad of other
> > > security precautions)
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> > > The way that Paypal immediately refunded the money, with no
> > > investigation whatsoever, tells me they quickly looked at the
> > > transaction and saw it was bogus.I was on top of it within an hour of
> > > it happening, and the purchased laptop was to be sent by overnight
> > > express. =A0I contacted the seller right away, so hopefully he was ab=
le
> > > to stop shipment before any more harm was done.
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> > > I believe there is something going on here beyond the obvious and
> > > Paypal were probably aware of this method of hacking into their
> > > system. For the record, the party who this was to be shipped to, and
> > > as far as I am aware the one who did this, is Pham Xuan, 1207 Columbi=
a
> > > Drive, =A0Decatur, Georgia, 30032. I looked him up and could only fin=
d a
> > > website with a bad rating so went no further......
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> > > If he's been doing this for awhile, you have to wonder how he's
> > > continuing to pursue his criminal career. Who the hell is "minding th=
e
> > > shop" anyway..... <
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> > It's also possible that your geriatric senile ass may have fallen prey
> > to an email scam that appears to be from Paypal but is really from
> > someone phishing for passwords.
> > I blame the kikes. As if them murdering Christ wasn't bad enough now
> > they let the mud ducks rent those Blue Hippo computers causing the
> > internet to look like a fucking cheese line.
> > This is what happens when they let the coloreds use the internet. Next
> > thing you know Google will have popup ads for cole slaw, fried
> > chicken, malt duck and apple jolly ranchers.
> > Bob Campbell, if you need any further assistance in solving this crime
> > just let me know.
> > I'm always willing to help a friend.
> > Have a great fucking day
>
> So Tom what were you planning on doing with the $700 laptop? <

I wish I had a laptop. This Commodore 64 is slow as shit. BTW, did the
person that coined the phrase "slow as shit" ever time the speed of
shit?