How to "snipe" someone's PayPal account for fun or profit.

1 points by LUTOPiA 13y ago ↗ HN

Step #1 - Log on to a secondary buyer-only account from eBay or use a family member's or a friend's.

Step #2 - Buy something from your target.

Step #3 - Pay for the item. This step is very important.

Step #4 - Proceed to the Resolution Center in PayPal and submit a false report claiming that the item was "significantly not as described".

Step#5 - Just wait two days for PayPal to terminate your target's account.

This trick works because PayPal unwillingness to investigate reports, trigger happy admins and their abysmal customer service.

Also, it will not matter if the seller can prove to PayPal that they never sent the item and thus, the buyer could've possibly known whenever the item was legitimate or not, even when the item is using a stock picture. The very accusation of an item being counterfeit from an eBay buyer is all the reason PayPal needs to ban accounts and ruin lives, especially during Christmas.

Well, i hope you enjoyed this and happy sniping everyone!