Accounts linked how?!

[TPS2016]

Need some clarity... PayPal have linked a stealth account to my non stealth (family members) but I’ve no clue how. I know they do extra checks over Xmas which is when I’m assuming they took a closer look.
I was using a different device with no cross over. The only thing that was the same was the sort code, as I used the same bank for both accounts. Will they link using this info?? Email address were also rather similar. I thought possible MAC address as I was hot stopping one device on both accounts carefully a while back but someone said MAC address is not tracked.
I’m just worried to move onto the next account without this info!

[Ebayorbust]

Two Paypal accounts CANNOT be linked due to using the same bank sort code on them. You will have cocked it up in a far more basic way. What about the addresses used for both accounts? Also the names? What about IP address? Can you confidently rule that out?

I was hot stopping one device on both accounts carefully a while back

Personally, my money is on this. Did you use multiple user accounts or portable browsers?

[TPS2016]

Nope. 8 bought the stealth on here and the other non stealth was a family members. I’ve been on a brand new clean device on the non stealth for ages now. It’s not impossible that I could have ****ed up when I was hot spotting the other device. I can’t see how really as when I was using said device for the stealth it was on a SIM card not hot spot. I’m very p’d off that I’ve ruined a non stealth account some how :( though at least I can take them to a small claims court for my £1000 in it back!

[kirkland]

How do you know they were linked? Did the email say this?

[TPS2016]

When I go into the non stealth it says resolve issue by providing ID and resolving issue (limitation) on account ‘xxx’ and it gives the stealth account. I think the email I got said ‘your account shares one piece of information with another account with issues’ - I cannot even think what this one piece of info is tbh

Probably something very simple you have overlooked, its impossible to know for sure as an outsider though.

[TPS2016]

Maybe I buggered up when I was hot spotting. I really don’t know. I did hot spot my Mac on both accounts (I presume) without changing the user account. Painnnnn. - I have another non stealth to use going forward with a brand new device, I’m just scared half to death to run it incase i **** something up!