Should I use Yellow Pages for Stealth Ebay Address?

[shootemup321]

Well ya they check if the address is real that's nothing new it has to be at least close to a real address like a letter or # off probably won't matter but using a real address is the way to go for me. The site your buying from does not know how to make accounts if making up addresses and I would ask for a refund.

[dealagreeproceed]

Originally Posted by nickopedia

Just thought I'd input on this whole stealth address thing as to what I have personally experienced.

Last year I bought a stealth EB/PP from a established seller on a competing site starting with "M". These accounts came with a totally made up address in a real city- in other words the addresses used were not real, and USPS did not recognize them as such.

Anyway, as soon as the first sale came in, BAM the PP became limited. Calling into PP the rep. I spoke with said something along the lines that the "address could not be verified" and wanted proof of billing, utility bill, DL, etc.

So, I ordered another account to replace the limited one, and same exact issue- the address on the accounts was like "43 Evens Dr." in some real city, etc... Problem was there was NO SUCH street "Evens Dr" in that city. That PP was also limited quickly after the first time sold.

However, the 3rd PP account had a real address (verifiable via USPS) and that worked (with the same item sold on the previous 2 accounts which were limited)

Moral of the story is that PayPal DOES check with USPS and/or public records to see if the address is valid. This was confirmed by PP themselves when I phoned them.

As others here have stated, take care when using someones real address and don't use some real persons name, as this might be skirting on identity theft.

what kind of idiot would use an address that doesnt even exist....

[empirestate]

Originally Posted by dealagreeproceed

what kind of idiot would use an address that doesnt even exist....

You should ask Paypal this question because I've used address that didn't exist on the face of the earth, lmao.

[nickopedia]

Originally Posted by dealagreeproceed

what kind of idiot would use an address that doesnt even exist....

I don't wish to bad mouth (or identify) a particular seller on that M****W***** site, but both accounts (EB/PP) I got there were created with address details that were not even valid. The not only did the street name didn't exist in that city, but also the address format was incorrect. In this case the addresses on that street were supposed to be five digits, and they used two.

I would have expected better considering I paid good money for those accounts.

I agree, creating stealth with such false details is not good, and it should be obvious it's going to cause an issue with verification.

[dealagreeproceed]

Originally Posted by nickopedia

I don't wish to bad mouth (or identify) a particular seller on that M****W***** site, but both accounts (EB/PP) I got there were created with address details that were not even valid. The not only did the street name didn't exist in that city, but also the address format was incorrect. In this case the addresses on that street were supposed to be five digits, and they used two.

I would have expected better considering I paid good money for those accounts.

I agree, creating stealth with such false details is not good, and it should be obvious it's going to cause an issue with verification.

maybe he expected you to put your own info on it once taking it over...

[nickopedia]

No, when I questioned the seller if it was OK that the addresses did not exist, they said it was fine and it wouldn't matter as they were "stealth". I had no reason to doubt it at the time.

Does anyone know if using a random REAL name + address out of the white pages phonebook is indeed "identity theft"? I've been told it was, and others have said no...

Just prefer to err on the side of caution using someone real info for stealth purposes.

[empirestate]

I heard A S P K I N was a lawyer, maybe he knows....

[basedgod]

Have you ever thought of using reships? They give you your own personal address. reship.com etc

[oompaloompa]

Originally Posted by dealagreeproceed

what kind of idiot would use an address that doesnt even exist....

the zip and road can match, it should exist in that sense - but the actual door number can be more grey area, eg. a business name or house name, no number. Using high traffic rental accom like offices or student buildings is less offensive....and the name ought to be random or your own.

think about this, if you are asked for ID and you are in the position to have to provide it for an acc in a real name and address - what then?

[aguar1]

In the last year I lived in 5 different places in San Diego. I used those adresses on my paypalstealth and all good.

And no its not stealing an identity.

[iceman58796]

Definitely don't use a real name. As has been said multiple times already, it's fraud.

[dallis]

Look guys, you're making this needlessly complex.

This is so simple.

You can use any address, real or not, it'll work both ways just fine.

You're probably not going to be able to pass a verification either way unless you just get lucky, so the verification issue is meaningless.