It just never ends, does it?
Here I have again found hacked, stolen verified PayPal accounts openly for sale, along with a variety of other related goodies.

Following a search term which had brought someone to another blog of mine, I found this. I won't mention the site name or the email address shown, but this is not the fist time this very sort of thing has been found. I doubt it will be the last either. Here is a screencap of the entire page, reduced to 480. Screencap of the search too. Screencapture of the cached page

So just more evidence that PayPal is not safe, as they would lead you to believe.

 If you believe Payapl is safe, honest, secure and trustworthy, I am afraid you are gravely mistaken. But of course, the choice is yours, after all, it is your money, your bank account, your time, effort, money tied up or stolen, &  your frustration dealing with them when something goes wrong.

Get a clue people, safe browsing includes avoiding the sites/services which are targeted by scammers. ebaY and paypal are at the TOP of that list. Just one more reason to...

Boycott ebaY & PayPal!

Update: 05-13-2008

Coming back now 5 days later, I click on the above search term, only to see completely different results..

That strikes me funny. Simply amazing that might happen? Eh?

But the fact is that the page is STILL there, especially if you search for it using the exact term seen in the screencap. Why would something like that happen? Who knows? I can think of million$ of reasons though. It still shows on several internet search engines and archives, like...

Google

"Stolen verified paypal accounts for sale"

screencap of search

Yahoo! Search

"Stolen verified paypal accounts for sale"

screencap of search

MSN Live Search

"Stolen verified paypal accounts for sale"

screencap of search

AlltheWeb

"Stolen verified paypal accounts for sale"

screencap of search

Internet Archive's  Wayback Machine pages show it from Aug 20, 2007

screencap 1
screencap 2
screencap 3

So it seems as though maybe anything pointing to it from, oh, ...  say... uhmm...  consumer awareness related blogs, for instance, seem to vanish quickly, but yet the page still is there...  Hacked Verified Paypal Accounts are still freely and openly for sale, and have been for at least since August 2007.

Does  that seem like a safe service to use?

Maybe whoever takes care of those things was too busy with favorite pastimes, like maybe vandalizing websites, or throwing them into the memory hole, or badgering bloggers while using fictitious names, or safely purchasing heroin or some other drugs with PayPal to notice this hazard to their users safety and deal with it somehow, other than concealment and denial.

People reading this thread may also be interested in viewing these videos on youtube

Another Paypal Data Leak Reported: Taken by Employee

Paypal Data Leaks! ebay Compromised Accounts Consumer Alert!

RE: Is Paypal secure? (Apparently not) PayPal captcha Compromised

PayPal Security Key Fob Is IT Really Safe & Reliable? ebay Boycott

You can find even more on my channel page at youtube

The Cappnonymous Channel

http://budmalcolm.bravejournal.com/entry/26319

URGENT WARNING PAYPAL AND EBAY USERS


PAYPAL, AN EBAY COMPANY, ARE NOW STARTING TO HOLD FUNDS OF THEIR SELLERS
WITHOUT CAUSE AND WITHOUT WARNING.

THEY WERE FINED BY NEW YORK STATE AND LOST MILLIONS IN A LAWSUIT FOR THIS,

YET THEY JUST STARTED DOING IT AGAIN.

BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMY THEY MAY BE IN TROUBLE AND THERE IS NO PROTECTION AS THEY ARE NOT A BANK.


PAYPAL ACCOUNT HOLDERS:

DO NOT SEND OUT ANY MERCHANDISE UNTIL YOU CAN VERIFY THE PAYMENT IS IN YOUR BANK
(JUST BECAUSE PAYPAL SAYS THEY SENT PAYMENT TO YOU DOES NOT MEAN THEY ACTUALLY DID!)

DO NOT USE PAYPAL AS A PAYMENT METHOD!

DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY BANKING OR PERSONAL INFORMATION!

DO NOT TRUST PAYPAL, DON'T BE A VICTIM!



KEEP UPDATED ON PAYPAL BY GOING TO:



http://www.Paypalwarning.com

http://www.PaypalSucks.com

http://www.Screw-Paypal.com

http://www.EbaySucks.com

http://www.Aboutpaypal.org

http://www.ebay33ebay.blogspot.com

http://www.EbayPigs.com

http://www.ygoodman.com/paypal.asp

http://www.suspendedfromebay.com

http://www.aspkin.com/forums

http://www.cheatedbyebay.com




***PLEASE SEND THIS TO SOMEONE YOU KNOW WHO USES EBAY AND/OR PAYPAL
SO THEY CAN PROTECT THEMSELVES.

THANK YOU!

COURT SAYS EBAY IS A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE. (Steptoe & Johnson’s E-Commerce Law Week, 21 August 2008) http://www.steptoe.com/publications-5488.html Opinion and here: http://www.steptoe.com/assets/attachments/3504.pdf
:)

Thanks for the tip.
Now on video:
COURT SAYS EBAY IS A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE. SERIOUSLY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pl5VmkSl3I