SamHouston
Recycles dryer sheets
When I checked email this morning, I found one from the eBay people verifying that I had changed my country of residence from the U.S. to England. Well, that was a bit eye-catching, to say the least, since I woke up in Houston again this morning.
But when I logged in to my account, sure enough, my account had been hijacked by someone in Birmingham, England who set up a phony ID, complete with Name, address, phone number, etc.
Next, I found that he had sent 22 emails overnight (my time) offering to buy Sony Laptop computers from people who had them up for sale on eBay. That threw me into panic mode, as I envisioned my bank account being wiped clean through my PayPal account. And that's exactly what he's trying to do, looks like.
PayPal shut down the account, but this guy also has my checking account number, and because of the holiday, there's no way to contact the bank before tomorrow morning.
My question is what liability, if any, the people at eBay have if I lose money as a result of all this. The hacker got in through their back door and, since they own PayPal, he got all the information he needed to set himself up in business.
I'm still hoping that I don't lose any cash but won't be certain about that for the next few days. The security person I spoke with at PayPal was amazed that I have had an account there since 2000 and this was the first time someone had breached the thing...that REALLY makes me feel secure.
Any thoughts?
But when I logged in to my account, sure enough, my account had been hijacked by someone in Birmingham, England who set up a phony ID, complete with Name, address, phone number, etc.
Next, I found that he had sent 22 emails overnight (my time) offering to buy Sony Laptop computers from people who had them up for sale on eBay. That threw me into panic mode, as I envisioned my bank account being wiped clean through my PayPal account. And that's exactly what he's trying to do, looks like.
PayPal shut down the account, but this guy also has my checking account number, and because of the holiday, there's no way to contact the bank before tomorrow morning.
My question is what liability, if any, the people at eBay have if I lose money as a result of all this. The hacker got in through their back door and, since they own PayPal, he got all the information he needed to set himself up in business.
I'm still hoping that I don't lose any cash but won't be certain about that for the next few days. The security person I spoke with at PayPal was amazed that I have had an account there since 2000 and this was the first time someone had breached the thing...that REALLY makes me feel secure.
Any thoughts?