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

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.?

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.

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

yeah but if I goes down , there goes the other

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.

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.

Let me in on your secret

You are my Hero!

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....

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...

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

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

MODEE please post the work around for SS verify
 

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!

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.

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

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.....

Hence the advantage to not giving your SS#

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?

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?

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??

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. :)

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?

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.

You can PM the answer if you'd prefer, but how many PPs do you funnel into the verified account and what $ amount are we talking about?

I don't want to jeopardize the one that I have that has been verified and up and running for years.

About $50 a transaction, send it right to the primary. Explained more in detail in PM.

yoko you should really check out google :)

Do you mean check out Google Checkout? :)

lol I know imma sound stupid for this but...google has an auction site? @_@ all I know about google is google checkout...and i'm not even sure about that lol.

I think he means using GCO for accepting payment vs PP

oh, I didn't even know ebay allowed that. But the problem is PP has a monopoly on most users. I guess if the buyer was willing to use GC without whining or questions I would think about it. Is GC just like PP?

first off im a GIRL dang it! we can be crafty to ya know? and yes i meant using google check out insted of PP

and you cannot advertise on ebay that you accept google check out because they want you to use the feepay owned devils spawn PP so you just put you accept creditcards and then you send the customer googlecheckout invoices. ebay cant dictate who you use as a merchant acct provider.

i use GC and have had no decline in sales and dont pay ANY FEES till 2008 yay!

I don't think that EB actually facillitates a way to use GC, but you can say that you accept VISA and MC and then send them through GC.

Somebody correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that this is the way it works.

oh i see. Thanks guys, I just might try this.

sorry, and girl :p

LOL yep just say you take credit card and send goolgle invoices. :)

or google even! lol

Has anyone done that before?? opening a virtual canada bank account for PayPal? Mine got limited but I don't think there's way to open a new one with my real info. Kind of got stuck here...

Social Security SS# Question - will PayPal learn details of whose SS# it is?
 

I'm just getting ready to open a new Paypal account to go with my new ebay account. Basically, I'm putting all of my wife's info on both accounts (since she never has an eBay or Paypal account). The only things I am changing are address (using my work), and phone (using my work phone). Othe rthan that, I'd like to keep it on the up-and-up, since i really don't want to go through hassle of getting limited/shutdown. I really don't have a proble verifying the account with my wife's social security number - my only question is: "Is there anything with the social security number that would actually provide them with her real home address". Hoping not, but looking for help here.
Thanks!

Not sure about them verifying the SS# with the address I think they do some kind of credit check to verify the info like the name, but they will also want to verify your address with some kind of doc most likely...a utility bill or bank statement..you said you were using a work address...I would find a way around this..

You won't be able to avoid limitation but you will have a good chance at getting it lifted..if you can provide what they want..

i have heard in previous posts that paypal does a "soft" credit check, and it does show you current address. so i would really rethink using your wifes ss#.

Social Security SS# Question - will PayPal learn details of whose SS# it is?
 

Silly question guys...can I use my son's ss# for pp or will they know he is only 15 years of age?