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*knock on wood* I have never had a problem with Paypal. I've had a time or two some weird charges popped up, emailed about them and it was taken care of promptly. I love that they offer the payment plans now. That's what gets me in trouble. Haha.

No one has ever been hacked because of Paypal. People get phished because they are bad at personal security and use the same passwords in lots of places. Paypal has excellent security history, but they can't protect people from their own bad security practices.

So, my husband's PayPal was just hacked into and fraudulently charged the other day. He works in IT and makes crazy passwords. He doesn't practice any unsafe behavior on the internet, and he is compulsive about security. His account still got hacked into and they charged and stole his card number and closed his account when they were done so he would have trouble contesting it. Thankfully, we caught it that day and canceled the cards, but now we are wary of using PayPal. In addition to this PayPal was extremely unhelpful, likely because it's difficult to help a closed account, but we did eventually get our money back. I'm not saying don't use PayPal, because I understand many have little choice. I am saying always be aware of what information you give to a third party. If you end up opening one, make sure you check it often in case a hack does happen. My husband is proof that it can happen to anyone, just like getting pick pocketed off the street.