Hi Bert,
As I understand: In their emails, PayPal always use your name that you
signed up with to them. They will never say, ‘dear customer,’ but, dear
Albert Brown, for example. Their emails also contain an address for sending
spoof emails to, always the same one, if you’re in doubt.
From: albert brown
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2020 2:36 PM
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Is PayPal acceptable for doing Bank transfers
online?
How would you know if it is a genuine email?
Albert
On Sep 1, 2020, at 13:28, Sean Claffey <sean.claffey@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Flor,
I rarely make payments online, but when I do I use Paypal if it’s an
option and I appreciate the convenience. But I must add one thing:
yesterday I received a mail from them asking me to check and confirm the
phone number I gave them when I joined: it looks as if they will shortly be
introducing a text challenge system for each transaction and therefore need
the client’s phone number to send the one-time code number to us. All in
the name of SCA (strong customer identification).
Best,
Sean.
From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch
Sent: 01 September 2020 13:44
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] Is PayPal acceptable for doing Bank transfers
online?
Hi,
Since PayPal does the necessary emailing advising the other party of
remittance or whatever after you’ve paid into the other party’s account, I’m
wondering if it’s ok to use it (or a similar service if available) instead
of going through the rigmarole of paying from my own Bank into that of the
other party - including inputting the 7-digit code, which may not be
required by PayPal? Does anyone know?
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