Hey all,
So I went to Aspen this weekend with my Mom (no internet access) and when I got back to Boulder at 2am yesterday morning, I had 10 emails from PayPal international saying I had sent 10x 10Euro charges to an account with the email address of Skype (skype@paypalpayments.com). Filed dispute claims with PayPal that minute, but those take up to 10 days to process.
Work up this morning, checked my PayPal account along with my bank account, to find out my bank account is completely drained. No money. Nada. Zilch. And it wasn't like that before I went to bed last night.
Does anyone have experience with PayPal's fraud department? As in, am I going to get my money back or am I now officially fucked? I did a free credit check yesterday and no one has stolen my identity, and I still have perfect credit, so I know the scope of things is limited to my PayPal getting hacked and sending loads of money to a fake Skype account. (side note, the emails I got saying I sent money to skype were all in chinese characters, except for the dollar amounts). I tried removing my bank account number from my PayPal account, but since there is a pending transaction, I can't remove it for another 3-5 days. Same goes with my credit card (its the backup funding source for my bank account).
Where do I go from here? I am definitely going to be calling my bank to try and figure this out, but all i can think right now is that i am fucked. Any ideas? Recommendations? Sympathy?