I thought the original poster said their CC was locked in a safe at home
since received six months ago. I got from the poster that he used it to set
up his PayPal acct, and hadn't used it anywhere else.
I may be assuming a bit too much, but I don't think so...
George S.
scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Chip,
>
> I think no much. It also appeared that the card number was stolen, not from
> PayPal, but by an unscrupulous employee at a store/shop where the card had
> been used other than through PayPal. Looks to me like PayPal was just the
> 'venue of choice' for illegal use of the card after the requisite info was
> stolen.
>
> ---
> Scott Gomez
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chip Stratton [mailto:chipstrat@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 13:39
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM][OT] Forwarded- Ebay & Paypal.com- The Good and the Bad
>
>
> This story seem to me to have little to do with
> whether Paypal is safe to use or not. The card user
> isn't any more responsible for the fraudulent charges
> on Paypal than he is if it had been used to buy hard
> goods at any retailer. It also seems to be unconnected
> to use of Paypal by the cardholder - the thief simply
> used his own fraudulent Paypal accounts to transfer
> money to himself - it had nothing to do with the
> cardholder's Paypal account.
>
> Am I missing something here?
>
> Chip Stratton
> cstrat@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
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