WJ Seidl on thu 13 sep 07
See David's post below.
Like many of us, I've ordered various things off the 'Net.
I spend well into the tens of thousands each year, all on internet
orders, getting supplies for
our business (most of our supplies come via internet orders),
stuff for the house, the cars, the pets, etc. like most people do these
days, I suppose.
Recently I had an issue with PayPal. Apparently, "someone" grabbed my
password
(I still have NO idea how) and tried to charge a bunch of stuff to a
credit card I had on file with PayPal.
Mea culpa...I hadn't changed the password in years. PayPal was very good
about working
with our bank to rectify the situation completely, and quickly.
So consider this a warning. NO website is completely secure.
If you use PayPal or ANY financial website or online bank or brokerage
account, change your password at least once a year or more.
And check your bank and credit card statements.
Yeah, it's a pain in the butt, but that is what tipped me off. The
thieves will try dinging your account for a small amount
first, to see if it works, then WHAM! they nail you for your credit
limit. Or try to. Don't let them.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Best,
Wayne Seidl
David Hendley wrote:
snip
>
> My shopping cart is from PayPal. I simply go to the PayPal
> website and type in my product information, and it generates
> the code that I copy and paste to my website. All financial
> dealings are done on secure PayPal sites.
>
pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on thu 13 sep 07
Hi Wayne, all...
Less secure than many web sites, are one's own Keyboard and one's own
Computer...
One innocently clicks on a "X" to get rid of some 'home refinance' schpiel
one got as an annoying pop-up, and unknowingly conceeds to having a
keystroke counter installed in one's Computer...or endless other things...
Sheeeeesh...
But true!
Phil
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----- Original Message -----
From: "WJ Seidl"
> See David's post below.
> Like many of us, I've ordered various things off the 'Net.
> I spend well into the tens of thousands each year, all on internet
> orders, getting supplies for
> our business (most of our supplies come via internet orders),
> stuff for the house, the cars, the pets, etc. like most people do these
> days, I suppose.
>
> Recently I had an issue with PayPal. Apparently, "someone" grabbed my
> password
> (I still have NO idea how) and tried to charge a bunch of stuff to a
> credit card I had on file with PayPal.
> Mea culpa...I hadn't changed the password in years. PayPal was very good
> about working
> with our bank to rectify the situation completely, and quickly.
>
> So consider this a warning. NO website is completely secure.
> If you use PayPal or ANY financial website or online bank or brokerage
> account, change your password at least once a year or more.
> And check your bank and credit card statements.
> Yeah, it's a pain in the butt, but that is what tipped me off. The
> thieves will try dinging your account for a small amount
> first, to see if it works, then WHAM! they nail you for your credit
> limit. Or try to. Don't let them.
>
> Forewarned is forearmed.
> Best,
> Wayne Seidl
Lois Ruben Aronow on thu 13 sep 07
As a side note - NEVER EVER click on a link to PayPal that comes in an
email. I don't do this even if I the sender name is familiar to me, as so
many email accounts have been hijacked.
ALWAYS ALWAYS got directly to Paypal (or ebay, or etsy) by typing the URL
into your browser. No matter what.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of WJ Seidl
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:07 PM
> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> Subject: WARNING: Paypal, and financial websites and like that
>
> See David's post below.
> Like many of us, I've ordered various things off the 'Net.
> I spend well into the tens of thousands each year, all on
> internet orders, getting supplies for our business (most of
> our supplies come via internet orders), stuff for the house,
> the cars, the pets, etc. like most people do these days, I suppose.
>
> Recently I had an issue with PayPal. Apparently, "someone"
> grabbed my password (I still have NO idea how) and tried to
> charge a bunch of stuff to a credit card I had on file with PayPal.
> Mea culpa...I hadn't changed the password in years. PayPal
> was very good about working with our bank to rectify the
> situation completely, and quickly.
>
> So consider this a warning. NO website is completely secure.
> If you use PayPal or ANY financial website or online bank or
> brokerage account, change your password at least once a year or more.
> And check your bank and credit card statements.
> Yeah, it's a pain in the butt, but that is what tipped me
> off. The thieves will try dinging your account for a small
> amount first, to see if it works, then WHAM! they nail you
> for your credit limit. Or try to. Don't let them.
>
> Forewarned is forearmed.
> Best,
> Wayne Seidl
>
>
> David Hendley wrote:
> snip
> >
> > My shopping cart is from PayPal. I simply go to the PayPal
> website and
> > type in my product information, and it generates the code
> that I copy
> > and paste to my website. All financial dealings are done on secure
> > PayPal sites.
> >
>
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Lee Love on thu 13 sep 07
On 9/13/07, WJ Seidl wrote:
>
> Recently I had an issue with PayPal. Apparently, "someone" grabbed my
> password
> Mea culpa...I hadn't changed the password in years. PayPal was very good
> about working
As you describe, this is not a "Paypal issue." We all need to be
responsible for good password management.
--
Lee in Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
"Making pots should not be a struggle.
It should be like walking down a hill
in a gentle breeze." --Shoji Hamada
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