Is it true that there are problems in Paypal like hacking?

I have had my PayPal account for about 10 years now and you must honestly look out for potential scams comming through phising emails - people sending you an email pretending to be from PayPal. The best way to protect yourself is always to login to paypal from www.paypal.com and check this is the URL listed in your browser, if not then dont type in your login and password.

I heard about that before but paypal is safe as I think

Don't worry I had paypal for almost 7 years and I never had any problem with them, although you will get some emails saying there was something wrong in your account and that they want you to enter your information in-order to sign in, but those are the real scams and they will steal your information.

Hi for me I have never had any problem with pay pay plus I watch my money in my account weekly there is fake site that try to draw people there if you get to the fake site you will be losing all your money ,go to pay pal some were on the page is a way to know if it a fake site or a real site I'm starting to trust pay pal more then the banks today some of them are having trouble with hackers to.

Paypal is very safe and stable. I've been using it for almost 2 years. The best way to prevent hackers is to ignore phishing E-mail pretending to be coming from paypal and never give your paypal personal details to anyone.

I've been on Paypal since 2006 and have never had a problem. Just don't give out your password, and keep some sort of antivirus on your computer and you'll be fine. I do tend to withdraw my Paypal balance into my checking account just so I can earn interest on it instead of Paypal.

Good afternoon to you. I have had paypal for years and I have not had any issues with them at all. I am wondering though if its because dont have a lot of money in it. I would like to think that this is a safe place because its so widely known. I guess that I will be researching what type of gaurentee that they have if the money was to be stolen. I would like to also think that they also have a safety net for their clients.

Interestingly, I had a Paypal account quite a few years ago. I had closed it because I knew someone personally who had his account hacked and there was another person that he knew who also lost a sum of money. So I was afraid. Then I opened a new Paypal account because of my online activities. I've had the new account for probably around 5 years or so. I have never had any problems at all. I did get what turned out to be a phishing scam via email. It looked very suspicious so I forwarded it to Paypal and they looked into it. Then Paypal sent me a response thanking me for alerting them. They then took care of this particular issue. Unfortunately there are too many phishing scams and if you are unaware of them, you could end up with an empty bank account. Paypal will never ask you for personal information in an email. If there are updates that they want you to be aware of, they will send an email and have you log into their website to get the information. Don't open links from an email claiming to be Paypal and start giving your personal information. That could only spell trouble. This may be what is happening to those who are being hacked.

I have never had a problem with my paypal account, nor have I ever heard of any problems from any friends who use paypal. I'm not saying it isn't possible, but it is more likely that anyone who had an issue had their password compromised in some way that provided the hackers with access to their account. There are a lot of scams around and a common one is to send an email disguised as one coming from paypal to get people to follow bogus links and give up their password.

Yes, I heard of paypal account getting hacked. But it never happened with me. It is possible that the person in question left some kind of footprint somewhere about his Papal account for which it got hacked. I know of certain emails that look official, but are actually from hackers. Things online are getting trickier. But Paypal has very tight security. They are very strict about this.

Dear Metatronik Thanks for warning us on the pay pal issue. It appears that there may be something wrong with this site. But in truth, I believe that they are quite reliable paying site for us. Sad to say, I have not got any monies from any web site yet. But many of the people in my country have not encounter any problems. If you are unsure, I would suggest that you hold your payment from the site you work with. When everything is cleared then re-use this site 'pay pal' to transfer your money in your home country's accounb. OK? Thanks!

I have a friend wherein his paypal account has been hacked recently. He had zero balance in his account. Good thing, he has transferred to his debit card the substantial amount, but his current payout was wiped out by unknown perpetrator. I think, the reason here is that, his paypal email is the same with his actual name, for example his name is ABC, and his email address is ABC@yahoo.com, password is so easy to decode. That's why I'm, for one is creating hard passwords, sometimes I changed it regularly. So there. Thanks

I have no issues whatever with Paypal. I have been using it for almost two years now. That guy from Odesk may have inadvertently shared his Paypal password with other persons. If you have problems with Paypal, contact the site and they will be happy to entertain your queries.

I have been using paypal for a long time and I too never had any problem. For those people who's accounts have been hacked, they were just careless. Maybe they used a public computer when transacting with paypal or maybe someone was watching them while typing their password. If anything goes wrong with your paypal money, it definitely comes from an outside problem, not within paypal.

Personally I have heard of people who experience this type of problem and it is sad. There does need to be more protection over this site, but there have been people who have had even bank accounts jeopardized so you really just always need to watch what type of information you share with someone to prevent this from happening, and I know some people who go in and change all their passwords to all their sites from time to time as well. I have been using PayPal for many years, and been OK but do not keep larger amounts in there.

We must always be careful with incoming emails which could be the phishing site. So far so good, my friends who used the Paypal account for years did not experience any problems. I truly hope that Paypal Account is protected because many paypal users are depending on income earned from online.

My question is, how long you have been on Paypal? I have been in there for more then 3-4 years, never get any troubld. Usually, I keep the money until it reach bigger enough to withdraw it to my bank.

I have been using Paypal for quite a long time and I got no problem with them. I keep my money there for some certain of time until it is big enough for me to withdraw. I think Paypal has the highest security... and in my opinion, it is just the same with other bank account. You should keep your password save and that's all that matters.

Few days before I was worry because mylot pay the payment on 9th Nov. and when I opened my paypal on 12th then show your balance is 0.00 I shocked and start a discussion here then read responses and understand the RBI make rule for Indian automatic transfer the money to bank account. Then I realize my account is not hacked I think paypal is secure. But only mylot payment is deposit in paypal and I bearn 10 dollar in 2 to 3 months.

Just dont give away your information , and you are totally safe!