Has my PayPal account just been hacked?

Toge · Post by **Toge** » 06 Nov 2004, 15:50

I just suddenly got an email saying that my secret question and my password has been changed. :what:

wtf is going on?

Toge · Post by **Toge** » 06 Nov 2004, 15:52

Luckily, nothing has been added to it since I'm still only 15, so there isn't any account numbers or credit card numbers.

Toge · Post by **Toge** » 06 Nov 2004, 16:06

Just emailed paypal. if they're smart they'll check what IPs was used to access the account.

Laevolus · Post by **Laevolus** » 06 Nov 2004, 17:54

Is it a genuine mail, mate?

there was a spate of fake Paypal mails a while back saying this sort of thing and to click this link to re-enter your details, similar to the internet banking tricks that have been doing the rounds.

Or is it a case of it being genuinely hacked? if so, that's worrying.

More worrying, I never knew you were so young.......bless

degeneration · Post by **degeneration** » 06 Nov 2004, 18:04

I get fake paypal emails relatively frequently.

I went to one and filled in all teh fields once and submitted it.

And before any of you go saying "that was REALLY stupid" or anything like that, I knew what I was doing.

I put things like "You are all fucking wankers" in each field entry.

Toge · Post by **Toge** » 06 Nov 2004, 20:27

heh. hopefully i've got nothing to worry about.