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A good one i thought may work right is if paypal are matching tel numbers to address's do as follows:-

Make an account in your next door neighbours address 1 or 2 doors down, make sure you have a near enough same name as your own. Put in your ⊗⊗⊗⊗/voip whatever number, if you get the unmatched error im sure they send something in the post to verify !!

Right when it gets delivered, i dont know about you but my neighbours are quite good at sending letters over which get delivered to wrong address or address is wrong!!

Bingo your sorted!!
What you think?

The more i think about it, the more ilike this idea.

For instance, lets say i like at number 101 Bolder drive, but the road off mine is called bolder avenue. I could register a account to that address and the owner would no doubt think the paypal letter that comes through is for me! We have had mail delivered to there by accident before and he brangit round ;)

so i take it this is still the only way to verify phone on paypal? it dont help if yr limited after a week or so, unless u have lot of neighbours n friends n family who dont use paypal:(

i have unlimited numbers, and no it's not voip. Actual landlines :) Cos im lucky

IM a newbie ( pacience timothy ) has anyone tried using voip to verify a paypal account ?? thats from the uk. does it work !! anyone know ?

it doesnt work FACT!

UK paypal phone verification
 

Anyone got any up to date ways around phone verification for PayPal UK?
I thought all I needed was a local area code until I read this post.

uk verification
 

from what ive been reading, address and number should match up, phone box debate, not sure about might be caught out, and dont want to be suspended after all the trouble of prepay cards and accounts etc, best to do real address of someone you know and written verification takes 2 weeks for code to arrive! or real address and number of someone you know. As i assume your addrss is supended. bye

boon, im pretty certain. 90% to be exact. That paypal now have a database which matches address's to tel numbers.

To be honest it would make sense if they did. They probably bought the db off BT as a new phonebook is out quite regular.

Apprently aswell they have all (Read somewhere) ex directory names, numbers etc. Not sure if thats allowed but yeah.

p.s As i work for a telecommunications company i did hear that BT were selling databases illegally. theregister.co.uk had a big thing on this. BT were fined massive ammounts. That's why you get bogus calls selling windows.

Greg - according to Matt there is no such database they would be allowed to get hold of.

you have the databse in your housem thats a silly answer :) Pick up the BT phone book.
It's a free db.
Im pretty certain they can use it.

BUT i will say it may be just post code against area code then.

lol i just screwed up a phone verification now they are going to send the letter to an imaginary address...

Thats called a phone book, and that doesnt connect an address to a fixed address.

Im 99% sure its connected by the phone number to post code. I have used the correct first 3 digit post code for each phone box locally and all have worked.

I have had failures, when using a postcode to me, then using phone verification the otherside of London

what exactly happens of the phone call verification
 

Hello all, just stumbled upon this site and been reading quite a few posts. Im a uk registered paypal and ebay user but have moved temporarily abroad. I started selling goods and have just received the email re: approaching 1700 pound level and need you to do 3 things etc etc. One of the loops paypal want me to jump through is to request via the website an instant automated phonecall. The registered number is my mums number as i used to live there so she can take the call as long as its automated.

So i need to know if this is always hte case and what will she need to do? I can call her on her mobile and speak ot her whilst she takes the call but just want to be prepared.

Also the thrid loop is describing my business. Im small scale, i make peanutes like less than 200quid a month. Do i really need to register as a business and obtain a vat number???

any help would help me out loads.

hi sorry on review on what ive posted i think it may sound like i want a solution on how to manage my account whilst being abroad. Sorry all i want to know or confirm rather is that the phone call ebay makes during this 1700 pound limit verication process is in fact fully automated.

Ive read a lot of posts here and its seems so but i havent read a post that gives an answer along the lines of "never heard of a case where it was with a human operator" "its always automatic" etc etc

any help will definately help out.

no only need to reg for vat for turnver 72000 i think

i have not heard of this phone call procedure before though

Noel

£67,000 a year and then you HAVE to pay vat. easy one. just make sure you understand as they can hit you back taxes. easy to set your own limit to avoid anyway. sometimes it suits people to register cos then you can claim vat back on your invoices . they pay you. but if your registered you have to record every transaction and pay all 17.5% to them 1/4 erly. blessin is you can knock off 17.5% the invoices against your tax./ but they check a lot
say you paid £500 vat on incoming invoices. then you can knock off the 500 from the tax you owe them.

HI:
On the PHONE CALL--
When Paypal calls (in the usa)--they are automated.. they say basically-hello this is paypal calling--if u are expecting this call please press 1, or 2, or 3, etc,.,then they will say- here is your 4 digit pin number, copy it down, and enter it on your paypal acct.
Thats it!
Good Luck :)

never had this touch wood im based in ireland and use paypal uk

Noel

Hi,

I would be very interested to hear whether anybody else has had any success with Paypal phone verification using a pay phone recently. Does mattcafc's technique work?

Also, if mattcafc could please confirm how recently he used this technique I would also be very grateful. Has it worked since March this year?

Thanks for reading...Can anyone help me please?

Thanks guys

Mattafc, You dont say???????? So a phonebook is not a database? You dont think that the phonebook is not online?

I give up with you lot i tell you.

Phone Verification
 

I was registered with ebay but was suspended due to this new feedback rule...... no appeal process or explanation.

Anyway, I am able to register again however to get verification to sell again I need to get the code via a phone call etc.

So I cant register my existing phone number for obvious reasons

Does anyone have ideas or proven plans ?

Thanks

i myself have tried the telephonebox trick which i read on one of the threads
but am looking for a more reliable way
if anyone can help

why not use a friends/relatives address/phone no?

Has anybody got any suggestion besides the phonebox for the uk

UK Phone
 

are you saying PP check the phone book ?

Mate try not to be so narrow minded, as if you have all the answers, and READ my replies, take it in for a few seconds and then reply.

Yes I clearly said they can use the same information as stored in the phonebooks. HOWEVER, as I said the phonebook doesnt connect a NUMBER to a FIXED ADDRESS. Also a phonebook database, the one which is published nationally doesnt contain all numbers as you can choose to have your number removed from it.

It worked as of 3 days ago for me

He is saying they check the same data as seen in the nationally published phonebook. Which is 100% wrong for lots of reasons

Funny that when you enter an invalid phone number - it says something along the lines of "compared to publically available databases..." :rolleyes:

What an arse you are. Oh - did I say that?

So how comes numbers work that are not publically available? Such as my private work number? :confused:

By private - its an unlisted number, not listed with direct enquires etc etc

Here's something that UK members might want to look into:

Get BT Calling Features including BT 1571, Call Waiting and more

Delta Computer Services - What is BT Call Sign?

Delta Computer Services - BT TwinTalk Call Sign switches

Here's another post about it (a little outdated): Second Phone Line? - Page 3 - UK Business Forums - the UK's most active help and advice forum for owners, managers and entrepreneurs of small businesses and startups.

I, personally, have no idea if it will work - Just saying it's an idea.

So does the telephone theory work for paypal or not? And if so i take it that the number has to be as close to the address you give as possible?
Are therestil no other ways around this???:(

Well my post was made a few days ago, so yes it works.

I have an address and post code on ebay that relates to the phone box location. Its not always anywhere near where I actually live and it works for me

I agree with this man!!!

Problem with paypal phone verification
 

Hi all
I just tried the phonebox method and for som reason when paypal called they asked me to input a 4 digit number which was given when you press continue for call me now or after 1 minute
I enterd the 4 digits from my n95 phone into the mic(bottom part of the payphone phone set,the part that you speak into) and it just wouldnt register it. So now they are going to send a letter.
Account is now messed up............
I had 3 attempts on the same call but it just wouldnt work....
Anyone know why?
Will i be able to use the same bank account for anpother account.
Its a real bummer because i did the entropay virtual card linking and bank linking. Went through all of this to find out it doesnt work.
:(

I beg to differ

Hi mettcafe
Please would you mind sharing how you do this. I tried it exactly the same way someone else done it and it worked for thm but not me.The payphone was on a mainroad so i made sure i did it at night when there wouldnt be too much noise pollution to overpower the mobile volume.
I dont dispute the fact that it works but am just trying to figure out why ot works for some and not others. The only explanation i have is that it didnt pick up the ring tone. maybe it wasnt load enough. I will try it again but this time with some speakers.
Do you think its worth a shot?

I explained exactly how I did it a few pages back my friend. The last day I have had it work was last Thursday which was the 20th.

Hmm
well i dont blame him for not posting on here. Would hoever appreciate a pm if you wouldnt mind metcaff :p

cheers