HOW TO: Add Bank Account WITHOUT Access To ORIGINAL Phone Number

[outofluck]

Dmshark,
Did you try using another fresh bank account, Before you added your BOA new account?

[outofluck]

Originally Posted by Dmshark25

I tried to add a prepaid but i didn't have the original, so I opened a BOA account and it was approved and opened within a minute and I just added it using instant confirmation and was not asked to verify using a phone number

Dmshark,
If you had the original phone number, would that have made adding your pre-paid trac-phone easier?

P.S. How/why did it let you simply add another/new BOA bank account?

[Dmshark25]

Originally Posted by outofluck

Dmshark,
Did you try using another fresh bank account, Before you added your BOA new account?

I first tried a prepaid bank account, but I didn't have the original number with this account and it was asking for phone verification.

I didn't want to call into paypal so I opened a BOA checking account online, I needed to add a bank account today, since I received the email by eBay saying I needed to verify my paypal account with my bank

I didn't want to wait and get restricted or something

So I applied online and was approved instantly and given an account number instantly

I'm guessing because I was able to do the instant verification with BOA, it allowed me to add the bank account right away with no other verification issues, I guess my bank username and passcode was enough

That's the only difference I could see in this particular situation was that the prepaid bank account I needed to add the account and routing number and wait for the deposits


PayPal is funny and unpredictable, many accounts I'm able to add a prepaid or any account with no verification while others I need the verification

Now when I make an account I make sure I have a permanent number, this account I created a little over a year ago and sold 1 item when I created the account, so it was a year as a seller account, within a week I sold the $250 /25/ and I was at 365 days, so the holds were lifted quickly

[outofluck]

Dmahark,
So basically you were able to add your BOA new account, because you input the username/password to it (instead of typing in the routing/account number on the actual check)?

[Sapientis]

^No, you still have to put in the routing and account number but since it was a real bank account and not a prepaid bank account he was able to do a INSTANT verification instead of waiting 2-3 days for the deposit to hit. To do the instant verification you have to login into the bank account. With real bank accounts you typically do not need to do a phone verification and the same is true with some prepaid accounts you can open online.

[Dmshark25]

Originally Posted by outofluck

Dmahark,
So basically you were able to add your BOA new account, because you input the username/password to it (instead of typing in the routing/account number on the actual check)?

Now I'm assuming that is the reason, because with the one bank account it needed to be verified using micro deposits and I had to enter the routing and account number first, and that was the account that I needed to verify through phone

With BOA, u are correct I did not add the routing and account number, I just clicked on BOA tab , where they have a list of popular banks, and was given the option to instant verify

So because I already knew the other account was asking for verification after adding the account and R# I didn't want to do the same with BOA

So I just went straight to instant verification, and entered my bank username and password, after entering bank details than my accounts came up in a list and I checked off the account I wanted to add and clicked enter and my paypal was verified


I have been using instant verification for 3+ years and never had an issue, and still have all my paypal accounts up and running

I know many don't like using it, but, I never had an issue, so I always go that method if the bank has it

[stealthninja]

I just tried to add a GMAC bank account and Paypal wanted my phone number to verify my account b4 they would let me add the bank account. I put the google voice and it did not allow me .. I tried adding a NET10 Wireless phone and it said that the number was not registered under my name. Any suggestions on how to get around this?

[wtfebay]

Originally Posted by stealthninja

I just tried to add a GMAC bank account and Paypal wanted my phone number to verify my account b4 they would let me add the bank account. I put the google voice and it did not allow me .. I tried adding a NET10 Wireless phone and it said that the number was not registered under my name. Any suggestions on how to get around this?

Read the very first post in this thread. It says exactly what to do. However, some people have said it did not work for them so I guess it is hit or miss.

[rsot]

Changes do happen :(

[Stingman1216]

You have to add your tracfone number as soon as you create PayPal. I have had this problem in the past.I create eBay first, because eBay lets you change your number. But I create my PayPal threw eBay once I have a tracfone. I've been doing this since January.

[joanna4051]

Has anyone else tried OP's method and cares to share the results?

[stealthnorris]

Has anyone had success with adding a VCC method and then trying to add the new bank account a week after?

[SaiJin]

Old thread, please make a new one.