[ale] Fraudulent Transaction Funny for the Day

[leam hall]

Nyah, they wanted a lower end Cicso device. Bad for the fraudster; he
or she is in the same state based on delivery address.

The vendor actually did a great job; I'm pleased with their response.

Leam

On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 4:11 PM, DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> Bluecoat?
>
> On 03/26/2018 03:19 PM, leam hall via Ale wrote:
>> Sometimes bad things happen. Sometimes there's a silver lining that at
>> least gives you a chuckle.
>>
>> A large, for me, transaction hit my PayPal account. I get an e-mail,
>> know it's fraud, and contact PayPal. As usual the call center folks
>> are pleasent and helpful. Unfortunately, even though they can dispute
>> the charge, they have to investigate. Makes sense. Mildly painful to
>> me for a week or so but I understand.
>>
>> Since the charge came from a corporate office I give them a call and
>> ask to speak to their Fraud folks. Turns out they don't see the
>> transaction on their PayPal account. Since they sell firewalls and
>> security hardware I chuckle and suggest they may have an issue.
>>
>> Sometimes you just have to laugh.
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