Paypal charge on debit card -- string of letters, numbers, characters
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There is a charge on my teen's debit card to "Paypal" with a string of characters and numbers. I logged on to Paypal and tried to search for a payee -- no joy. I feel sure this is not good; the charge was incurred at 1:30 a.m. Only around $10.
I am, of course, going to discuss this with my teen, but I would like to have some idea what it is before opening up the discussion. |
Anonymous
| Your teen will know. |
Anonymous
| Used Fleshlight? |
Anonymous
| Please come back and update us on what this was… you have me curious! |
Anonymous
| Related to gaming? Or worse porn? |
Anonymous
| Porn |
Anonymous
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Many vendors - not necessarily lurid ones - just have the payment company as the info, and not a company name. I know I’ve seen big retailers with weird charges - one number is often the store number, another the shipment depot, that kind of thing. So it doesn’t have to be bad.
Bigger question is, who else has your PayPal and are they supposed to use it without permission? And unless the debit card is to a non- linked account from your main account and you only keep a little money in it for internet purchases, switch to a credit card and put a very low limit on your debit card purchase allowance. If someone did get your debit card info, they will often try a small test purchase before going nuts with the account. And with debit cards you are out the money until a bank decides you weren’t liable, and it can take some time to get the money back. Credit cards, you don’t have to pay them while a charge is in dispute. Someone can steal a lot of your money from a debit card. |
Anonymous
Do people still pay for porn? |
Anonymous
OP here. I haven't broached with DS yet, but the porn response made me curious. I put NetSanity on his phone to prevent porn access. I'm now wondering if paying for porn gets around the NetSanity filter? |