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Broad, invasive provision touches nearly every aspect of American commerce. ~~~ Hidden deep in Senator Christopher Dodd's 630-page Senate housing legislation is a sweeping provision that affects the privacy and operation of nearly all of America’s small businesses. The provision, which was added by the bill's managers without debate this week, would require the nation's payment systems to track, aggregate, and report information on nearly every electronic transaction to the federal government. *** Call Congress and Tell Them to Oppose The eBay Reporting Provision in the Housing Bill: 1-866-928-3035 *** FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey commented: "This is a provision with...

RCMP investigator says eBay trying to hide scam problem. A Calgary man is one of 1,000 Canadians who have been scammed on eBay through a tactic known as hijacking, and the RCMP says the online auction service is not co-operating with their criminal investigations. Shaqir Duraj, a Calgary bakery owner, won an eBay auction for a car in early October. He thought he was dealing with a reputable seller with a 98 per cent customer satisfaction rating. When Duraj complained to eBay, the company wrote him a letter saying someone had temporarily taken over, or hijacked, the seller's page, and...

http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=1000565444&start=0 Ebay was hacked today. Users complete credit card information was being posted today on eBay's Trust and Safety board including name, cc number, CCV, paypal info, etc. It took eBay over 90 minutes to finally pull down the Trust & Safety server to remove the publicly posted information. If you have an eBay or PayPal account, you might want to monitor the above link.

I was bored this morning, was reading up on the news, events, nuclear bomb testing by rogue communist nations, etc. And surfed myself on the official website of North Korea. I always knew they were odd, but Holy $%#@!! Then I found they sell stuff like; badges, jade, CD's, and DVDs, using a free software platform called OsCommerce and they take payment via Paypal!? After I wiped the coffee spit off my monitor, I wondered if the UN sanctions that are coming down would include dismantling this sweet webstore? Oh man, that would really frost Kim Jong.

After many years of having an account with PayPal, I am sorry to say that I no longer trust them. In the last few days, someone hacked into my account and added a bank to my list. They then proceeded to deposit money into my account using this bank and then withdrew the whole amount after two days. All this was unknown to me as I have not had activity using PayPal in months. I only caught it because of notification sent by PayPal in e-mail. I suppose I should be grateful for that. So, I called PayPal and began...

EBay Inc. said Jeff Jordan, president of its PayPal e-commerce payment service, resigned from the world's biggest online auctioneer as the company shuffled managers at units it's counting on to spur growth. Jordan, who almost doubled PayPal's user accounts while running the unit, will leave later this year to spend more time with his family, San Jose, California-based EBay said yesterday

Rep. Bob Goodlatte is in the process of pushing through Congress a bill that would "ban" Internet gambling. I've previously explained why the bill is bad public policy. But since that column, it has come to light that online auction giant eBay has thrown its support behind Goodlatte's efforts. Why would an Internet company open its arms to congressional regulation of the Internet? Some speculate that eBay is attempting to win favor with Goodlatte, who also happens to sit on the Congressional Internet Caucus. There's probably some truth to that. But there's another, more likely explanation for eBay selling out...

This is a pretty elaborate one. You are invited to use your phone to access PayPal. The Phish takes you through a series of well-faked screens to a point where you have to enter your PayPal ID and password so as to be able to use the "new service."

U.S. Seeks PayPal Customer Data In Attempt to Find Tax Evaders By ROB WELLS April 12, 2006; Page D2 The Justice Department has asked PayPal Inc., the online-payment-processing unit of Internet auctioneer eBay Inc., to turn over some customer records as part of a tax-evasion probe, a top tax official said. U.S. District Judge James Ware in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in February issued a "John Doe" summons to PayPal, of San Jose, Calif., for the records.... The summons requires PayPal to provide account and transaction records relating to U.S. taxpayers with MasterCard, Visa...

Katrina Relief Fund account frozen by PayPal Posted 01:46 - 5 September 2005 - by Tim Smalley PayPal - something truly awful, avoid like the plague. It seems that PayPal is getting in the way of SomethingAwful.com's efforts to raise some money to help with relief of the devastation in New Orleans. At the same time, PayPal are taking a 2.35% profit from every donation that was made to site owner Rich Kyanka's relief efforts. He had helped to raise over $30,000 in a little over 9 hours thanks to generous forum member donations. He'd chosen to use a PayPal...

Phishing has emerged as one of the online world's more frightening scourges. Even at their most irritating, most spammers just wasted your time or left you averting your eyes from scary porn. Phishing scams are worse -- they're attempts to steal your money or even your identity, and they threaten to undermine some of the basic conveniences and efficiencies of the Internet age. And unfortunately, phishing is going to be with us for some time: The Internet's technical underpinnings date back to when the Net was a preserve of scientists who had no reason not to trust each other, and...

JUST RECEIVED THIS E-MAIL. LOOKS BOGUS AS ALL GET OUT! PLEASE BE ADVISED.....You have recieved this email because someone had tried to use your paypal account at http://www.1-bulk-email-mailing-address-list.com Below is the details about the transaction made: Payment Details Transaction ID: 4FS50663S0663861W Total: $113.00 USD Item/Product Name: America Email Address For Email Marketing and Email Advertising Business Information Business: Beyond W Limited Contact E-Mail: support@beyondw.com Message: send me msg to my mail new_paypal@yahoo.com Date : Wednesday, Aug 24 To confirm or decline this transaction, please follow the link provide below, Please save the fraud alert id for your reference. http://www.paypal-com-cgi-bin-confirmation-pp7848%34%31%2E%63%6F%6D...

ALL--the other day I was discussing the closing of my PayPal account and what they wanted from me in order to do this. I wrote them again to ask them how I can close my account and I wanted to share this with everyone to show you what you have to do in order to close an account with PayPal. Something I will not do and think is totally unreasonable.What I ended up doing is canceling that credit card.Here is their response to requesting the closing of my account that has been locked do to lack of use (I also...

eBay has tightened rules governing credit card acceptance and clarified its prohibition of a type of fraud known as shill bidding. eBay said Monday that sellers could no longer accept PayPal payments from buyers without accepting credit card transactions, thereby avoiding PayPal fees. eBay acquired PayPal in 2002. Sellers' practice of restricting PayPal payment methods "was creating a bad buyer experience," said PayPal spokeswoman Amanda Pires. "It would be like walking into the grocery store and filling up your cart, getting to the check stand with your credit card and being told sorry, even after you saw the credit card...

This was just posted to a web forum hosted by my local newspaper. Before I comment on it to the poster (who has posted before that he's a registered Republican, but who is a frothing liberal), I want to find out if anyone here knows anything about this. If Freepers really did this, I'm ashamed. But I have a hard time believing that, especially since DU is mentioned. In fact, as I re-read it I notice that there are no checkable or verifiable facts here. What can you all tell me about this? Here then is the post: This is...

NEW YORK, June 17 (Reuters) - Google Inc. this year plans to offer an electronic-payment service that could help the Internet-search company diversify its revenue and may heighten competition with eBay Inc.'s PayPal unit, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Exact details of the search company's planned service are not known, the report said, but quoted people familiar with the matter as saying it could have similarities with PayPal, which allows consumers to pay for purchases on Web sites by funding electronic-payment accounts from their credit cards or checking accounts. A Google spokesperson contacted by Reuters declined comment....

I received the Following Email. It is a scam. If you receive it and have a PayPal account please forward it to spoof@paypal.com. DO NOT fall for this phishing Scam.

Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics Hearing Charter: Future Markets for Commercial Space Future Markets for Commercial Space April 20, 2005 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon 2318 Rayburn House Office Building Purpose: On Wednesday, April 20, at 9:30 a.m., the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics will hold a hearing to examine the future of the commercial space market and the government's role in that future. Last year, the President signed into law the Science Committee's Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act, which dealt with regulating one aspect of commercial space - private, human suborbital flights, which are generally intended for space tourism....

I am looking to switch auctions sites away from Ebay since they have made huge monatiary demands upon small sellers like myself. I have only heard of bidville.com and yahoo.com auctions. I was not impressed with yahoo. I am in need of good freeper advice please. I know that the buyers will not follow as quick as the sellers, but I figure that eventually the buyers will go where the action is. So I don't mind slower sells for a while.

Ebay to increase fees, angering sellers Auction giant Ebay announced plans to boost the monthly fee it charges sellers by 60 percent. For a typical item selling on Ebay for $100.00, Ebay will collect 8 percent of the first $25.00 of the sell price and 5 percent of the remaining $75.00 of the sell price, or a total of $5.75 of the $100.00 purchase price. In addition, Ebay also derives a fee of anywhere from $0.40 to $1.00 per listing depending on the selling features the buyer selects. Should that $100.00 purchase also be paid for using Ebay's PayPal service,...

Has anyone else noticed strange behavior on the net today? I was trying to pay a bill via Paypal and noticed it was very slow, so I fired up my tracert and noticed some strange things: Trace paypal.com (64.4.241.33) ... 9 65.106.6.133 14ms 14ms 13ms TTL: 0 (p5-0-0.RAR1.Chicago-IL.us.xo.net ok) 10 65.106.0.25 41ms 28ms 41ms TTL: 0 (p6-0-0.RAR2.Denver-CO.us.xo.net ok) 11 65.106.1.73 27ms 27ms 41ms TTL: 0 (p0-0-0d0.RAR1.Denver-CO.us.xo.net ok) 12 65.106.0.21 69ms 69ms 54ms TTL: 0 (p6-0-0.RAR1.SanJose-CA.us.xo.net ok) 13 65.106.5.158 220ms 69ms 68ms TTL: 0 (65.106.5.158.ptr.us.xo.net ok) 14 207.88.80.178 68ms 69ms 68ms TTL: 0 (p0-0.CHR1.Fremont-CA.us.xo.net ok) 15 67.104.60.146 68ms 68ms 68ms TTL:...

Ukraine’s Money Lock-Down Copyright (C) 2004 by Eric M. Jackson Americans may take their ability to load up on cash from an ATM and initiate wire transfers from banks for granted, but this simple economic right is a crucial underpinning of their liberty. The unfettered flow of money is the bane of despots and corrupt governments the world over. When money is allowed to exchange hands unimpeded, it decentralizes decision-making and empowers a society’s citizens by giving them a store of value and medium of exchange that they can employ for their own private use. This weakens the state’s central...

Here's what I got, on an email and fraud site purporting to be PayPal: Notice of Verification Necessity Please read this important information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why did I get the notice? You have been sent this notice because the records of PayPal, Inc. indicate you are a current or former PayPal account holder. PayPal is conducting a periodic update of the records. To ensure your account's security, it is important that you provide us accurate information. Please take a moment to verify the personal information we have on file. This notice provides instructions on how to verify your current PayPal account....

I would like to extend my deepest thanks for your support and generosity. Your gift will help out more than you could know. Your kindness is greatly appreciated! Thank You! God Bless you and your family! Steven M Gardner

I know quite a few FReepers conduct business online via PayPal and I have this quick question: The ship-to address of every customer I've received payment from over the past 24 hours is invisible in the payment notification(s) which PayPal emails to my Hotmail account, after the completion of a transaction. I don't know if this is a PayPal issue or a Hotmail issue. I don't like PayPal as much as the next person, many times, but it beats having to wait a week or two for money orders. Just wondering if anyone else who uses both PayPal and Hotmail...

William Jackson never thought he would be grateful for going bankrupt. Nine months ago, the 44-year-old resident of Katy, Texas, got an e-mail message from what appeared to be eBay's PayPal online payment division. It warned him that his account would be suspended unless he updated it with his personal financial data. The e-mail directed Jackson to a Web site that looked like PayPal's. He keyed in his checking, credit card, bank routing and Social Security numbers, his birthday, his mother's maiden name and the personal identification number for his bank card. The Web site was a fake. Within a...

A Connecticut man arrested on charges of selling Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 source code stolen from a Microsoft Corp. partner faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000, according to a complaint unsealed by a New York court. William Genovese, who allegedly used the online moniker "illwill" and operated the "illwill.org" site, was nabbed after a sophisticated sting operation by the FBI caught him selling authenticated copies of the stolen Windows source code. The code was hijacked from a compromised server owned by longtime Microsoft partner Mainsoft Corp. and included files related to Windows...

Recently, the PayPal site had technology issues that may have hindered your ability to conduct business using PayPal. To show our appreciation for your continued business, we're going to credit you for PayPal transaction fees incurred on October 28, 2004, between 12:00:00 AM PDT and 11:59:59 PM PDT. You don't need to do anything to receive your credit. We'll add up the transaction fees you accumulate, and send a credit to your PayPal account by November 25, 2004.

Monday, October 11, 2004 · Last updated 4:51 p.m. PT Glitch disrupts eBay's PayPal service THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Repairs were underway Monday at PayPal as the widely used online payment service struggled to get customers back on track after several days of "intermittent" outages. Users of the eBay Inc.-owned company began experiencing some glitches on Friday after a monthly upgrade of PayPal's software systems, said eBay spokeswoman Amanda Pires. The problems seemed to subside over the weekend but then recurred Monday, she said. It is unclear how many of PayPal users were affected. Pires said some...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - PayPal, the online payments arm of eBay Inc., on Friday said it will soon fine people up to $500 for uses related to gambling, adult content or services, and buying or selling prescription drugs from noncertified sellers.The new policy, which takes effect Sept. 24 and applies to both buyers and sellers, marks the first time PayPal has imposed fines for violations of its use policy, spokeswoman Amanda Pires said. In addition to fines that could be applied to each violation, PayPal may take legal action to recover losses in excess of the fines, Pires said in...

California Edwards Clone Shyster Lawyer Scum Blackmail PayPal for $3.3 MILLION!!! If you suffered a loss, you get $50 - and they wonder why lawyers are considered the lowest form of scum? IF YOU OPENED A PAYPAL ACCOUNT BETWEEN OCTOBER 1999 AND JANUARY 2004, YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO A PAYMENT FROM A CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT. PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION In re PayPal litigation Case No. CV-02-01227-JF (PVT) NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF CLASS ACTION AND PROPOSED SETTLEMENT 1. WHY DID I GET THIS NOTICE? You have been sent...

Does anyone know what is going on with the Pay Pal website? For the last few weeks, everytime I try to get on to check my account, I keep getting that "Cannot find server" page. Also, I get that page on every link from E-bay to Pay Pal. Anyone know?

Government Halts Internet Identity Theft Scam Mar 24, 2004 By Pam Easton/ Associated Press Writer/ HOUSTON (AP) - Federal officials have shut down an identity theft scam in which a man tricked Internet users into providing their credit card and bank account numbers. Zachary Keith Hill, 19, of Houston, pleaded guilty last month to having and using credit instruments that did not belong to him. He is set to be sentenced May 17 and faces up to 15 years in prison, federal prosecutors said. Neither Hill, who is free on $25,000 bond, nor his attorney, Victor Blaine, immediately returned phone...

If you get the following e-mail, delete it and tell PayPal. DO NOT follow the links or enter bank and credit card info. Reminder: Confirm Your Information Dear Customer, This is a reminder that we need you to confirm your information. This is a recent measure to protect our customers. How To Confirm Your Information PayPal always keep in touch with it's customers. Please use instructions below. Step 1:  Follow this link located at PayPal server to fill needed information. Step 2:  Log in to your PayPal account. Click on the "Profile" link in the "My Account" menu and check information that...

To: "logician2u" <logician2u@myisp.com> From: service Subject: Confirm Your Information! Reminder: Confirm Your Information Dear Customer, This is a reminder that we need you to confirm your information. This is a recent measure to protect our customers. How To Confirm Your Information PayPal always keep in touch with it's customers. Please use instructions below. Step 1:  Follow this link located at PayPal server to fill needed information. Step 2:  Log in to your PayPal account. Click on the "Profile" link in the "My Account" menu and check information that you submitted. Why Confirm Your Information? It increases security Keeping your information up...

If you haven’t already heard about phishing, then get ready. Like a lot spam, phishing is a form of unsolicited commercial email. Whereas all spam is not a scam, all attempts at phishing are scams, and the potential losses to corporations and consumers alike is stunning. Phishing, as the name implies, is when spam is used as means to “fish” for the credentials that are necessary to access and manipulate financial accounts. Invariably, the e-mail will ask the recipient for an account number and the related password using an explanation that their records need updating or a security procedure is...

<p>After seven years, it looks like former Washington resident Jennifer Ringley is finally turning off the webcams.</p> <p>Ringley, more famous as the woman behind Jennicam (www.jennicam.org), became an Internet curiosity and a quasi-celebrity in the early days of the Web by putting up cameras around her apartment and letting anyone with an Internet connection tune in at any hour for a $15 annual subscription.</p>

A few weeks ago I got a message from "PayPal" to update my account with password and other info. Of course, I ignored that message given all the PayPal scams going around. I also received a message from "eBay" wanting to know my password. I also ignored that as well. Now I have received the following message from "PayPal." Scam or not? I think it is but read the message and you be the judge: Dear PayPal member, PayPal would like to inform you about some important information regarding your PayPal account. This account, which is associated with the email...

Big Brother is watching you - and documenting By Yuval Dror eBay, ever anxious to up profits, bends over backward to provide data to law enforcement officials "I don't know another Web site that has a privacy policy as flexible as eBay's," says Joseph Sullivan. A little bit later, Sullivan explains what he means by the term "flexible." Sullivan is director of the "law enforcement and compliance" department at eBay.com, the largest retailer in the world. Sullivan was speaking to senior representatives of numerous law-enforcement agencies in the United States on the occasion of "Cyber Crime 2003," a conference...

Anybody else get this e-mail from "Ebay." Methinks this is a fraud perpetrated by the Russian mafia. In any case, if you receive this e-mail DON'T fill in the info they have requested. This stinks all over of fraud! Personal Information:  First Name: Last Name: Address: City: State: Zip Code: Country: Home Phone: Work Phone: Mother's Maiden Name: Primary email: Primary email password: Date Of Birth: Ebay account information Ebay account:   Ebay password: PayPal ® information: (ebay will use a SSL -secure socks layer- to connect to PayPal) * Only if available PayPal account: PayPal password: Billing Information Name...

I got this e-mail supposedly from PayPal this morning. Take a look. It certainly looks legit but when you think about it why would PayPal need to send out an e-mail asking for your pin # to find out if you are still an active member? They know who are active or inactive simply because they can detect when you log in. Plus why would they even need your pin # at all? They could just ask you to log in to your PayPal account and that would determine if you are active. Anyway, let this be a PSA and...

PayPal has extended its ban on porn to include products from parent company eBay's 'mature audience' section. Other items include drugs, firearms and humans PayPal, the payment service eBay purchased for $1.5bn (£935m) in October, this month published its revised policy on processing payment for adult material. Only PayPal members can access the policy statement. The April revision amends a March decision that stopped payment for sexually explicit goods except those listed under eBay's "Mature Audiences". The latest revision includes eBay's merchandise in the virtual ban. "The thinking behind the March decision was that because eBay had already put in...

eBay's PayPal Accused of Violating Patriot Act March 31 — PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) - A federal prosecutor has alleged eBay Inc. unit PayPal violated a 2001 anti-terror law aimed at fighting money laundering when it provided payment services to online gambling companies, the Web auctioneer said in its annual report filed on Monday. Silicon Valley-based eBay said it received a letter on Friday in which the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri accused PayPal of violating a provision of the USA Patriot Act. The provision prohibits the transmission of funds that are known to have been derived...

<p>Message to would-be buyers of postage meters, CB amplifiers, mountain lion parts and speleothems taken from federal land: When you buy your goodies online, you'll have to pay for them with something other than PayPal.</p> <p>Thanks to a sweeping set of changes to its acceptable-use policy, PayPal's exhaustive new rules now dictate exactly where users' funds can and cannot be spent.</p>

Just a warning to Freepers never to give out your credit card numbers or passwords to people who send you email! I got this in my email yesterday. Dear PayPal Customer   PayPal is currently performing regular maintenance of our security measures. Your account has been randomly selected for this maintenance, and placed on Limited Access status. Protecting the security of your PayPal account is our primary concern, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. To restore your account to its regular status, you must confirm your email address by logging in to your PayPal account using the...

San Jose, CA, October 3, 200eBay Inc., the world's online marketplace (Nasdaq: EBAY; www.ebay.com), today completed its previously announced acquisition of PayPal, Inc. (Nasdaq: PYPL; www.paypal.com), the global payments platform. At today's meeting of PayPal stockholders, the transaction was approved by holders of approximately 65% of the outstanding shares of PayPal common stock representing more than 99% of the shares voting. In addition, Peter Thiel announced today that he has resigned as PayPal's CEO. Matt Bannick, eBay's senior vice president, global online payments, will assume all of Thiel's responsibilities. In accordance with the terms of the transaction as announced on...

eBay to buy PayPal for $1.5 billion By Margaret Kane Staff Writer, CNET News.com July 8, 2002, 5:20 AM PT just in Auction giant eBay is acquiring online payments company PayPal in a deal valued at $1.5 billion, the companies said Monday. PayPal will continue to offer its service as an independent brand, eBay said. PayPal, which went public earlier this year, allows consumers to make and accept payments over the Internet without using a credit card. The bulk of its business comes from eBay auctions. eBay offers a competing service, eBay Payments by Billpoint, which will be phased out...