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Yesterday I received an official email from PayPal stating that a pre-approved payment of £25.00 had been billed to 'Skype Communications SARL' from my debit account through my Skype account. I haven't used Skype for many years, so was confused as to why I approved the billing. I logged in to my Paypal account to find a pre-payment to Communications SARL and immediately filed a dispute and changed my Paypal and Skype passwords.

Whilst Paypal stopped further outgoings to Communications SARL, unfortunately they closed the dispute and can't give me a refund because I had apparently 'authorised' the payment. Obviously this is not the case; I can't re-file the dispute, so am waiting to hear from them via message, which could take hours due to staff shortages. 🤦🏻‍♀️

I logged into my Skype account today. Bafflingly, nothing has been billed to my account; there is no evidence of the supposed call(s). Likewise, my debit account – I have no pending, paid or pre-paid transactions or subscriptions. Did Communications SARL use a loop-hole of some kind? Scammers are getting more and more sophisticated these days! 🤔 This scam is not a recent one. Complaints about 'Skype Communications SARL' go back to 2011; sadly, some individuals had hundreds of pounds stolen and received no refund from Paypal. 😩

Anyway, be aware. ⚠︎
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Post up your Skype and Paypal usernames / passwords and i'll double check everything is ok.

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Always see who you have "authorised" in your Paypal account. Delete the fucken lot. Do it cunts DO IT NOW. Packlink are the worst.
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shabbado wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2020 1:11 pm Post bobs and vegana and i'll double check everything is ok.

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The Ghost of Alex Higgins wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2020 1:57 pm Always see who you have "authorised" in your Paypal account. Delete the fucken lot. Do it cunts DO IT NOW. Packlink are the worst.
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lambrini wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2020 11:54 am Yesterday I received an official email from PayPal stating that a pre-approved payment of £25.00 had been billed to 'Skype Communications SARL' from my debit account through my Skype account. I haven't used Skype for many years, so was confused as to why I approved the billing. I logged in to my Paypal account to find a pre-payment to Communications SARL and immediately filed a dispute and changed my Paypal and Skype passwords.

Whilst Paypal stopped further outgoings to Communications SARL, unfortunately they closed the dispute and can't give me a refund because I had apparently 'authorised' the payment. Obviously this is not the case; I can't re-file the dispute, so am waiting to hear from them via message, which could take hours due to staff shortages. 🤦🏻‍♀️

I logged into my Skype account today. Bafflingly, nothing has been billed to my account; there is no evidence of the supposed call(s). Likewise, my debit account – I have no pending, paid or pre-paid transactions or subscriptions. Did Communications SARL use a loop-hole of some kind? Scammers are getting more and more sophisticated these days! 🤔 This scam is not a recent one. Complaints about 'Skype Communications SARL' go back to 2011; sadly, some individuals had hundreds of pounds stolen and received no refund from Paypal. 😩

Anyway, be aware. ⚠︎
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Thanks. I haven't used Skype for years, but, like many others, hadn't closed my account. :lol: Paypal replied to my query, I can appeal but with substantial evidence. In other words, "fuck off, there's nothing we can do about it." 😑
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Paypal's interface is not user-friendly.
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Thank you for the refund, Paypal. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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