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

----- Original Message -----
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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