Review and analysis of over 129 complaints against PayPal
PayPal consumers have reported over 129 official complaints related to Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed. Out of the 129 consumer complaints against PayPal, 16% were disputed by the consumer (i.e. the consumer was not happy with how PayPal responded to their complaint) and 98% were processed in a timely manner. 23% of consumer complaints against PayPal resulted in the consumer receiving monetary compensation (e.g. money, cash reimbursement, etc.) and 40% resulted in non-monetary compensation.
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PayPal Debt collection cont'd attempts collect debt not owed debt is not mine November 22, 2015 - - - - - is demanding payment for a debt they allege I owed to PayPal, Inc. in the amount of $630.00. I never did any business with Paypal that could have resulted in any unpaid amount to them or - - - -. - - - - is using unfair and deceptive practices to collect debts that consumers do not owe. ... |
PayPal Debt collection cont'd attempts collect debt not owed debt is not mine October 30, 2015 - On - I placed an online order with -. Their website refused both - and - - times.The site said the charge was refused.When I called - the person said they got the wrong expiration date while I was looking at the order form which showed the correct dates.The only payment that was accepted by the website was Paypal. When I got the statement from Paypal I asked for a paper statement which I never got.The next month ( - ) I asked Paypal to bill my Visa which they never did. Now Paypal wants late and interest fees when I have already sent them a check for the original amount.Th... |
PayPal Debt collection cont'd attempts collect debt not owed debt is not mine October 29, 2015 - Pay pal credit says I owe them money and turned it over to a collector. I do not have a pay pal credit card nor did I ever sign up for -. The debt collector they hired has been calling me and my wife every day for the past 8 months. Tired of the phone ringing! I talked to them - time before and told them to stop calling me. ... |
PayPal Debt collection cont'd attempts collect debt not owed debt is not mine September 29, 2015 - Suddenly I received a letter for debt collection from Paypal. I have no clue where and what type this debt came from. I do not have a Paypal account. Nor have I ever made any transaction via Paypal. ... |
PayPal Debt collection cont'd attempts collect debt not owed debt resulted from identity theft September 18, 2015 - My parents have been receiving phone calls on an almost daily basis from -, - - -. My mom was given a reference number and a number so that I could contact them. When I called it was brought to my attention that Paypal had requested they start a collection process from me. I contacted Paypal only to find out that there were multiple accounts opened under my name, which have since been closed. Never have I opened or used a Paypal account. They were made aware of this, but somewhere between Paypal and - the communication was lost. ... |
PayPal Debt collection cont'd attempts collect debt not owed debt is not mine September 12, 2015 - My PayPal account was compromised by someone in - ( I have an email from PayPal in - indicating the addition of a bank account ), who transferred $480.00 to an account in their control. When reported to PayPal as fraud, they issued a refund of the $480.00 fraudulent charge. They later rescinded the refund, and are now trying to collect the sum, and are preventing me from using their service until I re-pay the amount I was defrauded. ... |
PayPal Debt collection cont'd attempts collect debt not owed debt was paid July 9, 2015 - I am -. I will try to get my point across. In the beginning of the year, I used PayPal ( PP ) to purchase - women 's hoodies and - pairs of women 's - athletic pants. They were - separate orders. - hoodies/-pants for me & - hoodies/- pants for my sister. After PP was paid the money for these - items, the started going into my bank account and taking more money out in usual amounts. An example would be like $14.00. They then put the money back the same day. Then they took some more money out of my account for no reason. I went to my credit union. -. - - ... |
PayPal Debt collection cont'd attempts collect debt not owed debt is not mine June 21, 2015 - In - 2015, I received a notice from a company named - - - - stating that I owed a debt to eBay. I called this company and also eBay and reported that I do not owe this debt as I had never sold anything on eBay. I also reported this to the local police as a case of potential stolen identity. In - I received an email from eBay claiming they were reviewing this claim. On - -, 2015 I received a letter from another company named - - - claiming I still owed eBay a debt. Apparently eBay allowed someone to link to my account without proper verification and now wants me... |
PayPal Debt collection cont'd attempts collect debt not owed debt is not mine June 16, 2015 - Someone has created debt through 'paypalcredit '. I paid off that acct. in - of 2013. Since then, I did creat an acct. through - '. Now that someone is using my acct. for transactions, I have paid off the '- acct.as well. 'Paypalcredit ' is threatening to send the $1600.00 they say I owe to a third party collections bureau. ... |
PayPal Debt collection cont'd attempts collect debt not owed debt is not mine June 15, 2015 - Around - 2012, when I attempted to use my eBay account to sell items, I was informed that I had overdue seller 's fee. At that time, I disputed the fees because in reviewing my account online. I could see that it was another person who sold the items. Ebay agreed with me at that time and cleared my account. The dispute and resolution happened by phone and email in my eBay account. My eBay account does not have the old emails and when I spoke with Ebay today they have no record of my dispute and resolution in 2012. Also, my account no longer shows that items fraudulently sold through my acco... |
PayPal Debt collection cont'd attempts collect debt not owed debt is not mine May 20, 2015 - Pay Pal credit keeps contacting me regarding a debt I did not incur. I NEVER OPENED NOR EVER HAD ANY PAY PAL ACCOUNTS. I keep conveying this information to them, but I keep being contacted. ... |
PayPal Debt collection cont'd attempts collect debt not owed debt resulted from identity theft May 20, 2015 - PayPal reported lack of payment to credit collection company - - -. I did not open this account, and even the email used to open should raise suspicion. When I researched online, it appears this regularly happens with PayPal and -. ... |
PayPal Debt collection cont'd attempts collect debt not owed debt resulted from identity theft May 1, 2015 - I received a PayPal debit card in the mail which I had NOT requested. The card was sent to my home address in the name of - -. '' I immediately called PayPal to cancel the card and to find out what had happened. The representative acknowledged that the account had been opened using stolen information. I subsequently communicated with the PayPal representative by e-mail ( which I have ) to confirm that the account had been closed and that the matter was resolved. I am now being harassed by a debt collection company ( - - -, -. ) with respect to amounts owed to PayPal relating... |
PayPal Debt collection cont'd attempts collect debt not owed debt is not mine April 6, 2015 - I had renters who paid rent through PayPal. When these - moved out of my house, they called their banks and did fraudulent chargebacks to get their money back from Paypal. I can prove they did this and PayPal just let them do it after I showed PayPal all the evidence that I was a victim of fraud. PayPal told me I was responsible and is now sending me debt collection notices in the mail. I DO NOT owe this money. The - who owe it are the boys who committed chargeback fraud through their banks. ... |
PayPal Debt collection cont'd attempts collect debt not owed debt is not mine March 28, 2015 - Received a letter from - - stating that I owe them for a collection for PayPal. The amount that it 's states I owe is -. I checked my account on PayPal and it states my balance is $0.00 and I do not have an open credit card account on PayPal. I did a credit report and not does it show I have an open account at PayPal indicating my identity has not been stolen. I do not know why I received this collection unless it is a mistake on their part and I do not want this to effect my credit. ... |