I’ve Been Scammed by Facebook
I can’t think of any good title for my post today. I’m not sure if it’s Facebook, Paypal or my fault.
In June 25, I received an email with the subject “Receipt for Your Payment to Facebook Ireland, Ltd.”. Since I haven’t done any transaction on my email on that day I’d checked my Paypal account and true enough there was a transaction which I didn’t authorize!
Looking at the email from PayPal, the transaction looks real and legitimate since the scammer used “paypal-charges@suppport.facebook.com
But since I didn’t authorize the transaction, I was alarmed that something was wrong. Immediately, I filled a dispute stating I didn’t authorize the payment and that they should return my money. Well, it’s not really that big amount of money, but if this scammer can victimized a few hundreds, it will summed up to a huge sum of money.
While writing this post, I’ve tried to do some Google search on this kind of scam from so to speak ‘ Facebook Ireland”, and found out that they’re doing this scam way back in 2010 ( see https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/Refunds-and-cancellations/Facebook-Ireland-payments/td-p/157224?profile.language=en-gb). From this site, I’ve learned this scammer was able to setup a billing agreement within PayPal without the legitimate user knowing it! I don’t know how they’ve done it but I guess PayPal need some explaining on this.
Looking on my own “my approved payments” on Paypal, I saw the entry of Facebook Ireland on the list:
Paypal automatically set the status to inactive once you file a resolution case. Also, the system will automatically request for a change on your password.
Paypal was on-hand in sending me an update on my dispute. After 10 days, PayPal finally made a reversal on the transaction and returned my money.
For the benefit of the readers, the exact information of the scammer is :
| Seller Name: | Facebook Ireland, Ltd. |
|---|---|
| Seller Email: | paypal-fbcredits-ireland3@fb.com |
Still the question remains, whose fault it is that this kind of scam is still existing even if PayPal knows about it? Let me know your thoughts.
And if you’ve been a victim of this kind of online scamming, kindly share your experience by leaving your comments below. Who knows the information you will share today might save a penny or even hundreds of hard earned money of our readers.
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Thanks for sharing sir, now I become aware of this paypal scammmer.thumbs up!
That is horrible but I am glad you got it resolved I am surprised that since it happened last year that it was able to be pulled off again.
Thanks for giving sir, now I become conscious of this pay pal scammmer.thumbs up!
That is terrible but I am thankful you got it resolved I am surprised that since it took place last period that it was able to be attracted off again.
i just had the same experience just now, 3 transaction without my prior knowledge, already filed a dispute, hope it gets resolved too
That is no good i am sorry that happened.
I have heard of this happening more often lately. I wonder what is going on that this keeps happening.
Thanks for the info. it helped me a lot.
That is gross but I am glad you got it resolved I am surprised that since it happened last year that it was able to be pulled off again.
WoW…thanks for alerting for this type of scam!! It is really scary!
The same thing happened to me on a different social network. It is unbelievable!!
That is macabre but I am glad you got it resolved I am surprised that since it happened last year that it was able to be pulled off again.I have heard of this happening more sometimes lately. I wonder what is going on that this keeps happening.
I purchased credits for 1.99 and was charged 19.99 on my pay pal account…I would liike this fixed as I talked to Pay Pal and they said it was WRONG…the amount should have been 1.99… I understand this is a going problem and something will be done about it
J Wright
took 65 GBP from my account not happy at all!!!!!!!!!!!!
This has just happened to me, and I have a dispute open with PayPal at the moment.
I spoke to one of their agents who kindly deleted the payment schedule that had been set up without my knowledge. I asked why I hadn’t got an e-mail telling me the schedule had been set up, and was told the system didn’t do that (odd, as it e-mails you about everything else).
He also said that in these circumstances, it is usually the case that neither Facebook nor PayPal was actually hacked, but either something purchased via PayPal had something squirrelled away in the terms and conditions (which we all obviously read diligently), or someone had managed to infect a website to grab these details when you paid via PayPal.
To be honest, in my case, having only bought one item via PayPal in the last 12 months, and from a reputable website, I can’t see how either technique would have worked, but still, all in hand.
Thanks lot for the sharing! It helps to others to be aware by using their papal. I didn’t think that there is still scam in paypal, i thought that was really secure.
the email ‘paypal-fbcredits-ireland4@fb.com’ withdrew just under £90 from my bank account this morning. Immediately filed a dispute with Paypal. Am seriously hoping this gets resolved quickly