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I have been using Paypal for as long as I can remember. When I initially joined it was during the "Get Paid to Surf" boom that took over the internet for a while.

I now use Paypal as part of daily life. My wife uses my Paypal account to pay for Ebay auctions, I use it to bill for advertising, and I use the Debit Card to live on.

2 Months ago I was victim of a scam where I accepted a $500 payment for a product I was selling and a week later they reversed the $500 credit stating that the users account that paid was hacked into and they were not liable for the charges. Now this seriously pissed me off and I was ready to hang Paypal, but decided to let it slip. (I went down all roads to try to recover the funds, but no luck.)

Fast Foward to last night. I needed to buy my son a vcr and went to check my Paypal balance and could not get into my own account. I was locked out of my own account. Now I am real pissed off since I have trained my wife and daughter to delete any emails claiming to be from Paypal, so I was sure my account had not been comprimised. After 2 calls to Paypal and 1 hour of hold time, I reached a customer service rep that explained that the account was locked due to excessive login attempts. While I am not sure where the attempts came from, I now can login to my account. Paypal lives to get a percentage of my payments and receipts.

Why rant here?
As a warning, please take care in dealing with your Paypal accounts! Don’t click or buy into any email claiming to come from Paypal. Don’t share your account with others, not even your mother.

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