sherm (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} sherm) wrote in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/newsinfo.gif){kind=small} news,@ 2002-12-20 21:55:00 |
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Warning: PayPal Fraud
We have recently seen a dramatic increase in the number of fraudulent PayPal payments coming across our system.
We want to emphasize the importance of a few things:
We sincerely apologize to any PayPal account holders who may be affected by this, but also again stress that LiveJournal is not responsible for this abuse, and we are doing everything possible to prevent it.
We have recently seen a dramatic increase in the number of fraudulent PayPal payments coming across our system.
We want to emphasize the importance of a few things:
- LiveJournal never charges any PayPal accounts without specific authorization. We, in fact, cannot initiate any charges ourselves: PayPal notifies us of payments after they have been made. We take our obligations as a reputable and responsible Internet company very seriously, and we are in no way contributing to this theft. The proper authorities have been contacted, and we will work with them when required to help find the person or people causing this abuse.
- PayPal users should change their PayPal passwords immediately and not give them out to anyone. We believe that this rash of fraud may be related to this incident of last month, but we cannot confirm this. A number of these identify theft cases have sprung up recently, and it's important for users to keep their passwords secure. We have no reason to believe that any LiveJournal accounts have been compromised at all.
- Any LiveJournal posts or emails offering "free" paid accounts are probably connected to this fraud, and should be immediately brought to the attention of abuse@livejournal.com and then ignored completely.
- Buying a LiveJournal account doesn't make you any more or less likely to be a victim of this. Several fraud victims have been LiveJournal users, but most are not.
We sincerely apologize to any PayPal account holders who may be affected by this, but also again stress that LiveJournal is not responsible for this abuse, and we are doing everything possible to prevent it.
