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uponit7771

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10. Found out more info; Its the guy who plead guilty that was setting up fake PP accounts

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #9)

Fri Feb 16, 2018, 05:50 PM

Feb 2018

... using other peoples names to get around PP's instaban.

They weren't cracking any PP accounts just going a loophole in PP policy.

Still some messed up stuff

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MSNBC just said that Russia stole Americans identities [View all] BigmanPigman Feb 2018 OP

closing my paypal now Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #1

everything can be broken into Blue_Adept Feb 2018 #15

Not only that.... C_U_L8R Feb 2018 #2

God. Nance has been dead on about this all along, right back to when it seemed like science fiction. Squinch Feb 2018 #3

The indictment mentions that this was part of a larger operation marylandblue Feb 2018 #4

One of the many ways they stole American voter data& id's. Wwcd Feb 2018 #5

They also stole inactive Facebook accounts and posted phony stories. kimbutgar Feb 2018 #6

Hope they stole my socks xmas74 Feb 2018 #7

Did they really say PayPal ?! that's some sKrong statement uponit7771 Feb 2018 #8

Yes, they did. BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #9

Found out more info; Its the guy who plead guilty that was setting up fake PP accounts uponit7771 Feb 2018 #10

I assume that means accounts are safe still? BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #12

AFAIK, the guy who pleaded guilty didn't break into PP accounts just set up fake uponit7771 Feb 2018 #14

. dalton99a Feb 2018 #11

I have been saying for quite a while. roamer65 Feb 2018 #13