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Jon Ison - 13/5/08 at 06:33 PM

Guy at work was sent a £1 refund, he assumed wrongly he had maybe paid to much postage or something, i know you shouldn't assume anything.

Anyhow, next thing he is cleared of £500, he now as the money back via Halifax fraud dept or whatever......

But, be careful out there. paypal offered him no help whatsoever even though the refund came via them, apparently this was a way into his account, he accepts refund they know its a live account and have details.


Triton - 13/5/08 at 06:33 PM

Blimey!!!!


clairetoo - 13/5/08 at 06:42 PM

I had a buyer ask for my bank details so he could pay straight into my bank account last week...............
Guess what I told him to do


graememk - 13/5/08 at 07:03 PM

i have a nationwide account with no credit on it at all that i use for ebay and also a credit card with a £1000 limit thast i used to internet shopping, i've been caught before


UncleFista - 13/5/08 at 07:16 PM

quote:
Originally posted by clairetoo
I had a buyer ask for my bank details so he could pay straight into my bank account last week...............
Guess what I told him to do


Did you tell him to get lost, then send him a cheque ?


Rek - 13/5/08 at 07:36 PM

this is a useful link linky


David Jenkins - 13/5/08 at 08:12 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Rek
this is a useful link linky


Thanks for that - now bookmarked in case I ever need it.


owelly - 13/5/08 at 09:21 PM

...and a cheque has your name, account number, sort code, bank address etc.......


chris_smith - 13/5/08 at 09:34 PM

i got ripped about 18mth back, firstly 150 squid to betfair (im not a gambler) then i bought some E-Gold (whatever that is) and various other payments all from paypal account totalling over £600 in about 7 transactions, the wifey went mad thinking id been spending stupid, anyways cut the story short and the point of my post, Paypal were very helpful and understanding and got all the money back with in 3 weeks, ok could have been quicker but i think they did a reasonable job

just my experience
chris


UncleFista - 14/5/08 at 09:24 AM

quote:
Originally posted by owelly
...and a cheque has your name, account number, sort code, bank address etc.......


That's the point I was trying to make, I'll hand my bank details out to anyone I'd trust with a cheque