Before I get tons of emails telling me that this is one of those “phishing” scams, I will tell you that is not what this is. My actual Paypal account was hacked into this week. That now brings my lifetime tally to two times that my PP account was tampered with, in addition to having my credit card compromised once.

    I am very careful that I never answer any suspicious emails or give out my personal information to anyone I don’t trust. That said, today I found out my Paypal account was temporarily shut down because of some crooked activity.
It really isn’t that big of a deal, I guess. All I have to do is execute a list of three things and my account will be reactivated. They want me to change my password, confirm my phone number and confirm my credit card number. No biggie.

    It is still a little scary to think that someone may have had access to my bank account information.

    The first time my Paypal account was compromised was much worse. I found out when I received my bank statement when I saw that somebody charged over $2,000 to my check card (through my Paypal account).
   
    I called Paypal’s customer service department and they told me they were already on it (thanks for not telling me initially).It was taken care of very quickly and no harm was done.
   
    It was a lot worse of a situation when my credit card information was stolen. Actually it was a Visa Check Card and it is linked to my bank account. The crook charged about $2,000 to Home Depot, about $50 to someplace else and like eight bucks to Chick-fil-A (I guess crooks like healthy chicken sandwiches). All of these charges caused a chain reaction of bounced checks and account overdraws. It took about a month before everything was settled.

    I assume that by tomorrow my account will be up and running again, but if it doesn’t happen I’ll look on the bright side. At least I’ll have something to write about in my blog for Wednesday.