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Juy
Newbie

Strange payment being requested through Paypal.

Why was I charged $1.00 for Roku account? This seem strange, $1.00...What?

Is someone trying to hatchet my account.  

Has this happened to anyone else?

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JWS9518
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Re: Strange payment being requested through Paypal.

A 1-dollar charge is normally a temporary/test charge that is typical for a company to check to see if your bank/credit card (or in this case Paypal) account is a valid one.   That dollar charge will then disappear, and your account will be charged the amount for a subscription.

Did you recently sign up for a subscription?  If so, then that is likely the charge and that charge will disappear and the subscription charge will occur after a day or so.  

If you did not sign up for a subscription or make a recent purchase, then it is possible that a scammer/hacker is testing your account to see if they can use your banking/account information and make a charge or charges.  If that is the case, I would suggest contacting PayPal/bank/credit card company and letting them know.  

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