Suspected fraudulent charge - 402-935-7733

[Rennieh]

A charge for $12.73 has appeared on my bank statement citing "PayPal *Igottrade402-935-7733/VISA Purchase (non-pin) as the payee. There is no corresponding notation in my PayPal on-line records. This is my linked account.

I did a little research on line and found three totally different stories behind this. One says its a legitamate PayPal charge to cover insufficient funds in my PayPal account. Another says it is a scam and needs to be reported to both PayPal and my bank.

Which is correct? If it's ligit, why does it not show in my PalPal statement?

[BevTech]

Yeah, They didn't get into my PayPal account, what they did is use my Card no. that they stole, and when they used it to Pay FanFuel.com (which I have never used) they paid them with a one time PayPal transaction, that's how I noticed, from my bank statement, both FanFuel.com and PayPal were listed as who my stolen money went to/thru. That is when I called PayPal and explained. Again, even though it doesn't fix the problem, PayPal did credit my account within 2 days, then they conducted their own investigation. So the person had no access to my PayPal account what-so-ever, they just stole my credid/debit card. What helped me get my money back so fast, is that they used PayPal. So thank you for that PayPal.

[Hawk114]

I  had a charge for $136.99 show up on my statement with ID GREATLAKESP

[Removed] MI.  At first I did not recognize that ID however it turns out to be a legitimate charge of mine for some tools I bought from Great Lakes Power Tools.  The telephone number is simply a Pay Pal administrative number for that client to  handle any questions about the specific charge paid by Pay Pal.  Fortunately in this case it is legit.

[Jeloda]

I have been getting missed calls from this phone number for two days.  I like to Google Search the phone numbers that I don't recognize, which is how I found this thread... Two days ago I made a purchase using Paypal, but in no way is this

[Removed] phone number associated with my purchase... They don't leave a voicemail and so far I haven't been available to answer it. Although at this point, not sure if I should? So far no weird charges on my bank or paypal accounts.

[Tag68]

The number is from ebay's  paypal customer service department. They may want to ask you about an order or a transaction on your paypal account.  You need to correct any mistakes and this number is only their customer service number as I just explained. 

[Manaphy2007]

i had that happen to me on the 6th of march 2014 and the charge was almost $75 for an item called The Division via ebay, the only "The Division" is an upcoming game from Tom Clancy by Ubisoft. i had to make a dispute with paypal explaining everything and within hours paypal resolved the case and i got a full refund. tried to do some reaserch on name called warren barnes but got nothing. i just hope you all check your reports and verify so that this doesnt happen or if it does, make a dispute to get it resolved.

[tgusnik]

I have the same charge this month but it was for an auction item I purchased through eBay.

[jenniferegbert]

This is the Fraudulent Charge phone number for PayPal.  I just paid for 3 different transactions and this is the number that they call from to verify the charge.  Its legit.

[buyerkms123]

the phone number is paypal's, but on a bank statement, the "seller" is listed.  in my case, it was HYZSHOP

[jcmoore]

There is only one problem.

 PAYPAL *STARRALI786

Location: 4029357733 , CA

Purchase Date: 4/29/14

Category: Miscellaneous/Bill Pay (BP)

Looks legit.  My last transaction on Paypal was 4/17.

Had to cancel the card.  This transaction showed up nowhere in my Paypal acct.

[Tag68]

The first thing you should now do is call PayPal and ask who and what that charge is for and from where, IMMEDIATELY. They should have a complete record of who the seller/buyer is on that account.  IF it is not a legit purchase you've made then file a complaint with them for a frauulent charge and identity theft.  They SHOULD act upon it, but check back to make sure they do.

Kudo's for canceling your card -good move.  Good luck