Erroneous Paypal transfer

aagiants · Post by **aagiants** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:38 pm

So someone sent me a large sum of money to my paypal. At first i thought the email i got was a phishing email, but its legit. Obviously the money was not intended for me.

I'm not a jerk and will eventually send it back because it is a significant amount, but theoretically what recourse do they have to get the money back?

There is no notation in the comments and no email yet explaining what its for.

Leatherneck · Post by **Leatherneck** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:22 pm

Still could be some sort of scam. The funds may be bogus. I don't think I'd transfer it to your bank account. Have you emailed them?

chimdogger · Post by **chimdogger** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:23 pm

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:31 pm

Returning it is the cool thing to do, hopefully it’s not drug money.

Mad_Haggis · Post by **Mad_Haggis** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 11:09 pm

RoundEye wrote:Returning it is the cool thing to do, hopefully it’s not drug money.

or worse?

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 11:50 pm

I would contact paypal and tell them...let them handle it the less you have to do with it the better.

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:10 am

Sava700 wrote:I would contact paypal and tell them...let them handle it the less you have to do with it the better.

Yup.

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 4:05 pm

Well?

Mad_Haggis · Post by **Mad_Haggis** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 11:05 pm

I'm with Humbly...Give us our cut, or we turn you in?