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I didn’t blog about this at the time, but on the 21st of January I got a phone call from Paypal saying they’d detected fraudulent activity on my Paypal account and would I like to file an unauthorised activity claim? I said yes, of course, and then afterwards I called my bank and informed them about it. They said there hadn’t been a transaction yet but they would monitor my account. Fast-forward to today, Paypal still haven’t done squat, and I checked my online banking and the transaction had gone through, so I called my bank again and they said to go in to my local branch. I did so, and was able to get it sorted out without any trouble… the lady I spoke to (who I believe was the bank manager, not really sure but she was certainly a senior member of staff since the woman at the counter said that she didn’t have the authorisation to process it) knew what I was talking about when I mentioned Paypal, even if their fraud reporting procedure didn’t seem to be set up to report Internet fraud. Net result, my card is cancelled and I will receive a new one within 7 working days, the money has been refunded, and the final score is Chinese money-stealers 0, Paypal 0, my bank 1.

So, yeah, I haven’t posted in a while… things are looking up here. I managed to get myself onto a Microsoft course – it’s modules 70-290 and 70-291, relating to Windows Server 2003, and if I pass I’ll get Microsoft Certified Professional status which should be my ticket off the dole. The course runs until about July, it’s every Friday from 9am till about 2pm, and it’s at the City of Sunderland College Shiney Row campus.