John
Califon,#2Consumer Comment
Sun, December 31, 2006
Since I do use both in low volume, this is appreciated info. Have you ever withdrawn any monies from your accounts before? I haven't tried myself as it is only 1-200 dollars but am curious as to whether or not people have. This really stinks.
Eric
Maugansville,#3Author of original report
Sat, December 30, 2006
I called the phone number provided from the real paypal website, I too have been getting counterfit emails, but before I submitted any information I contacted PayPal corporate to ensure it was legit. So, it was PayPal who caused the problem. -Eric
Jennifer
Battle Creek,#4Consumer Comment
Sat, December 30, 2006
It happened to us too. They froze our account with over 600 dollars in it. They wanted everything but a blood sample from us to get it back open. We obliged them with everything and they still kept it frozen. Then they froze my Father in law's account because he was associated with us. Paypal is awful and we don't deal with them or ebay anymore. I don't see how it is legal to freeze someone else's account simply because they are related to someone else who's account is frozen. They seem to only freeze people's account after they have a significant amount of money in it. If you have 10 bucks in it, they could care less.
John
Califon,#5Consumer Comment
Sat, December 30, 2006
I agree with Nikki. I get these emails all the time. And the incident with your neighbor makes it really suspicious. Did you try to actually get into your real PayPal account before giving out any info?
Nikki
Coconut Creek,#6Consumer Suggestion
Sat, December 30, 2006
Someone has been sending emails pretending to be PayPal wanting updated info so they can get your personal info (phishing). The website they direct you do looks valid, but supposedly is not. When you called PayPal, did you call the number you already have for them, or did you call the number in the email? I don't think any company requests personal info by email anymore because of all the phishing going on. Please check this out ASAP!