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Re: OT: Completely OT: PAYPAL does it suck?

From:Sally Caves <scaves@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 22, 2006, 16:02
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From: "Philip Newton" <philip.newton@...>

>> OTHER PEOPLE: What damage have I done to myself? > > I'll venture to say: little. You provided them with an account name > (which, if they're scammers, should be of little value without the > corresponding password), an email address (which might net you more > spam[1] in the future), but no password.
Hmmm. Read remark at end.
> [1] "SPAM" in capital letters is a trademark of Hormel, referring to > canned meat. "spam" in lower-case letters is a colloquial term for > unsolicited email. See also http://www.spam.com/ci/ci_in.htm .
I didn't use the word SPAM. I talked about the "Nigerian Scam." A "scam" as I'm sure you know is a ruse, which is what the Nigerian invites one to engage them in illegal activity amount to. It's probably better referred to as a "con." I know the difference between SPAM and spam, but in this context what difference does it make when the context clarifies? Even if I had used that word? Meanwhile: As I told a kind member of the group in a private letter: what I found out is that the REAL PayPal doesn't have a transaction record of the money I paid them on 11/13. Apparently, the book I ordered (a rare one) was attached to some other kind of paypal, probably a fake one. How does one detect these when ordering? When I went to order the book last week, some kind of PayPal reared its head, I paid the exchange rate, the book came with an amount due, and PP charged my account 22.55. So they now have my credit card number. }:-(( When I logged into my account activity at the REAL PAYPAL (after changing my password), there was NO RECORD of any transaction. To add to my suspicions, I remember that I had given that first PayPal account what turned out to be the WRONG password, but they proceeded anyway. I had thought at the time that that was my password, but it didn't work on the real PayPal. I printed out their long elaborate receipt, but there's no Transaction ID number on it. This is insane. I have spent two hours wrangling with this when I am supposed to be working on my research with precious little time to spare. Sally

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