I am going to support Danshan here....There is not so much about avoiding this call, but about passing the verification.
This happens on real non-stealth accounts with substantial history behind them on both Ebay and Paypal. Accounts that are 5+ years old and have everything on file SS+bank+CC....and not even a hint of a VBA or VCC, all real brick and mortar bank/credit cards. On such accounts, PayPal most of the time asks for a full number of the credit card or bank account on file once you press "cancel" on the phone confirmation page. Try pressing cancel on your accounts if there is history behind them and they have a bank or credit card on file.
Thing is, it is a ridiculous check(the landline part specifically), as many real non-stealth users have experienced it and complained about it...it is on various forums on the net.
The gas station trick surprised me, to be honest, as the phone number would be landline, but couldn't possibly pass the match on name or address...why would PP call the number then? Those who tried it, was the number the same area code, zip code as the address on file with PP?
Seems a direction would be to look towards business numbers then.
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