I've only used paypal a few times. They're middlemen who offer basically nothing more than credit card processing on a small scale.
I've had a few bad experiences with them, and I've had several friends who had bad experiences with them as well.
Since Ebay bought Paypal and made it mandatory to use Paypal, I all but stopped using Ebay. I don't support companies like Paypal because I think they're middlemen who just want to leech off of legitimate people. I think that type of company weakens our country's financial state.
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hello all
i set up a bank account for the sole purpose of linking to my papal account in which i dont keep much money in there.
i have used paypal for eight years without any problems.
good luck
Mike

In all likelihood, this has nothing to do with PayPal and everything to do with malware/keyloggers installed on the victim's computer, which allow criminals to suck passwords/account information off of her computer and continue to victimize her. PayPal has nothing to do with it. If you want to blame someone, blame the inherent susceptibility of Windows, or the lack of training the user has in the operating system.

I own a business which uses PayPal extensively and have never had any problems, for eight years now.

People who learn to properly secure their computers against attack from malware/spyware/keyloggers should have no problems. My guess--the victim is female and in her 50s--is that her computer is infected and nothing has been done to remedy that. [I am an IT professional and see this every day]

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kourt
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austin, tx

Basically, someone else got her account info and *then* linked a PayPal account with it. They didn't hack into her stuff *through* PayPal.

I've had fine luck with PayPal. Very handy for the international transactions I've made for European 240 parts.

-Ryan

By any chance did you get an email supposedly from PayPal saying that you need to update your account and to click on a link in that email? The email also can be threating saying you might lose your PayPal account. These are called "phishing" emails. They look legitimate but they are not. I get those occasionally and forward them on to spoof@paypal.com, then I delete them without even opening them. I even got one supposedly from my bank. NEVER click on that link, just delete it. if you are unsure you can also call PayPal on the phone first, or whoever supposedly sent it. . Once you fall for it, you are in trouble. If you think you have been victimized first change your password immediatly and call PayPal. NEVER give anyone online-or elsewhere, your password-PayPal NEVER asks for that. Thanks for that link.

Reading the article it never mentions her using PayPal, just someone hacking her computer through malware and setting up accounts that drained her $$$$.

Under PayPal's rules if she did have that bank account linked to her PayPal account it would have been safe from anyone doing such a thing. You can only have your bank account or credit card linked to one PayPal account at a time. My wife and I ran into that while trying to link our joint credit card to 2 PayPal accounts, couldn't do it. We needed to setup another card and checking account.
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