Social Security SS# EIN - will PayPal learn details of whose SS# / EIN it is? YES.

[titos22]

EDITOR'S NOTE: When you supply a social security number or business EIN to PayPal, almost always it is for the purpose of running credit on the person or entity. When that is done - YES, the merchant processor, PayPal, ProPay, whatever - WILL learn the identity of whose number you have provided, or worse - learn that the number provided does not correspond to the person whose name you claim.
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How does paypal check the Social Security number corresponds to the name?, What about a name with a different spelling, or middle name, etc.?

[aspkin]

They just do. It's not important how, it's important to know that once you've used your SS# for one account, you won't be able to use it with another without linking accounts. That's the only problem you'll have with creating a new Paypal account.

[x2ruff4u]

You can have like 2 pp accounts with the same social. I do O.o

[Chris Hanson]

yeah but if I goes down , there goes the other

[anotherebayhater]

i hate paypal they suck even if you open a new acct and dont do anything wrong if they catch on that you any other closed ones your done.

[imjustme]

have you ever thought about opening an account in canada (assuming you live close to the border) and using paypal canada? no need for a SSN.

you can also go to any popular bank and open an account in a different country assuming they have branches there and then use that.

[DogFacedBoy]

Originally Posted by Modee

It even took more than one withdrawal because PP has a $100K limit to each withdrawal.

Let me in on your secret

You are my Hero!

[anotherebayhater]

for real!!!! BTW can you open a virtual canda bank acct? like some us banks let you open an acct not in person.... ill have to investgate....

[anotherebayhater]

nope any bank in CA is gonna have you stop into a branch even if you apply for an acct online. good thing i live in upstate NY but still i dont think i will drive when i can use google if they dont get me on this fools chargeback...

[Chris Hanson]

Originally Posted by Modee

Not necessarily. Under one social I had a business and a personal account. The business was permanently limited. The personal was limited but reinstated and remains.

There were completely different issues going on though. The business was used for sales, and the personal was a just a high dollar savings account. When I threatened to sue for holding my cash in the savings one, they delimited the account and let me pull the cash out immediately. It even took more than one withdrawal because PP has a $100K limit to each withdrawal.

UHHMModee , you actualy left 100k to sit in virtual space in Paypal hands???? Are you alright?????

[anotherebayhater]

etrade has a really good savings acct rate. its like 5.2 % and no risk of getting your money stolen from you.

[anotherebayhater]

as per our pm converstation please post what to do when you need to verify an acct with a SS that is already associated with another acct. Thanks!

[anotherebayhater]

ummm i think anyone who see that a large amount of cash say 100k were being moved will red flag stuff. a normal person like me only has to deposit 100 bucks. they mail you signature cards to mail back but you set everything up on line.

[JackNoMore]

Modee, have you noticed if making your deposits on a weekend has better luck slipping by the radar so to speak than mid-week?

[anotherebayhater]

ok well I had mt PP acct limited about a month ago. I dont want to leave 300 dollars sitting in it especially since holidays are comming and we all need $$ or most of us do except the guy who has to move 100K you can move it this way if you want, anyway, i decided to try and see what would happen if you entered in your real SS number and I got a message like an error message that my number was already associated with a personal and a business acct. and i couldnt input that number. so modee said he knew a work around and now i think hes going to tell us. he wanted me to share with you so he could helpus all benifit from my pain.....

[JackNoMore]

Hence the advantage to not giving your SS#

[JackNoMore]

True, but that's if. "If" you stay under the radar and "if" the account doesn't get into trouble, you can exist for a long time with multiples. But we've already been there as I recall.

But as long as we're in the "if" territory, what is likely to happen if you change your bank information at paypal just before (matter of hours anyway) you initiate a transfer to your bank account--in this case savings? Do you expect no problems with that or do you tend to stay away from same day changes-transfers? Can you track back to a time when you were limited that might be related to such a change?

[JackNoMore]

Modee, please define "enormous" We're looking at about 3 payments, totaling about $3000, to be transferred within the span of 48 hours. I could try all at once but thought better of it, especially since one account is still under the $500 to be upgraded...the first tranfer will likely be something under $500 and then on from there.

Would I likely have better luck with this over a weekend rather than weekday or does that not seem to matter?

[JackNoMore]

Hmm... In that case, would you have a suggestion on a better way maybe to distribute the cash? Maybe sending some temporarily to another account? Making the withdrawals as partials rather than the whole thing at once? (remember I already planned on sending out the first $500 separately before upgrading the account). Might this be looked on as less of a potential hazard than a grand at a time for instance?

And assuming this is all automatic, I guess that doing this over a weekend--example holiday weekend for instance--wouldn't matter in the least over the regular work week??

[anotherebayhater]

only thing that stinks is that every time you send your own money to another of youe own accounts you loose more money to ebay.

[DogFacedBoy]

I guess this is why I plan on setting up a bunch of PPs and never letting the amount get above $500 and moving it regularily to my verified for withdrawal.

Quick ? If you do a DBA and set up a PP could you get their debit card sent to the DBA's PO box?

[yoko07]

yep that's right, with the threat of being suspended imminent and the newly threat of having pp accounts limited (eww), I just send all the money I make to my verified primary PP account. Might lose $5-$15 here and there but, it's worth it. Never log on to that one without a brand new IP either.