Paypal account hacker password#
"I actually never really changed my passwords before because it is such a pain to change them," said Amanda.Įxperts say creating a different, difficult password for each account is absolutely essential, as is two-factor authentication. It's initially possible that her email account got compromised," Drake said.Īnd Thompson’s email provided an open door to her eBay and PayPal accounts. When I contacted eBay, a spokesman said, "Unfortunately, it appears this customer was a victim of a phishing scam that did not originate on eBay." If, like Amanda, he stole about $300 from each, that amounts to $15,000 in about three days. That means he pilfered more than pennies. The thief in this case made small purchases through the eBay accounts of almost 50 victims. “The way these guys stay under the radar is that they do a lot of small transactions instead of one big one,” Drake said.īingo. "In order to get the payment you have to show them that you shipped the product and a way to do that is to provide them with a valid tracking number," said Lee Drake, a tech expert and CEO of OS-Cubed, a Rochester-based technology company.ĭrake is not at all surprised that the scam is incredibly elaborate. eBay will pay the seller "within 24-hours" if they "manually enter tracking information." But why? My search of eBay seller policy would lead me to the answer. A local police investigation confirmed my findings. The hacker had stolen that company's valid tracking number. That means this business is also a victim of this crafty con artist. I emailed the corporate office of that local business and their team discovered “the tracking number you provided was a legitimate tracking number associated with a legitimate business transaction." The employee was shocked, insisting she had never used eBay. I introduced myself and asked her whether she’d been selling items on eBay.
I easily found the employee who had allegedly sent the package. So I went to the alleged sender’s office to ask a few questions. And the tracking number indicated that an envelope was sent from one local business office to another. That had to be fraudulent as well. After all, a hand blender can’t fit in an envelope. But that tracking number was linked to a Fed-Ex envelope, and the thief was allegedly shipping a hand blender. His so-called receipt showed a transaction number and a Fed-Ex tracking number. There's little doubt the reviews are fake.īut the thief was thorough.
And each sale was followed with a glowing review adorned with decorative designs. The seller had “sold” almost 50 products from a fake account. First, this thief established a fake eBay account pretending to be a seller. "So I called the bank the next morning because yes, all three of those did come out of my bank account,” Thompson said. Her eBay account is linked to her PayPal account, and that is linked to her checking account.
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