Hi All,
I too got the email from Paypal. Bear in mind that Paypal, or any legitimate
company, will never require you to click on a link in the email and fill in any
personal or financial information.
In this case for example, it said that you can go to the Paypal website or to
the Paypal app directly yourself, and go to the relevant section to provide the
required information. A phishing email would instead ask you to click on a link
in the email to do this, which you should never do.
Regarding the original question, personally I find a lot of online retailers do
offer Paypal as an option. Sometimes I go that route, especially if it’s a
one-off transaction, but often I go direct with my credit card details.
For sending money to an individual such as a friend, my first preferences is
Revolut. If it’s a one-off and they don’t have Revolut, I may use Paypal. But I
also have some friends and family set up as recipients in the Bank of Ireland
app, so that’s handy enough too.
Dave
On 1 Sep 2020, at 19:55, Paul Dromey <pdromey@xxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all.
My last message regarding paypal was delivered to this list but it also came
back to me with Ecartis command results: No commands found in the subject
line and began with the words Request received for list 'vicsireland' via
request address.
Also, the words no command found appears in the message after every line.
Very strange, anyone know what is going on? Is there a problem with the VICS
list, which, let’s face it, isn’t used very much these days?
Paul
From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] On Behalf Of Paul Dromey
Sent: Tuesday 1 September 2020 19:11
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Is PayPal acceptable for doing Bank transfers
online?
Hi Flor, Bert and all
Well, this afternoon I got a genuine email from paypal
regarding their Strong Customer Authentication policy and the necessity to
confirm my mobile number regarding same. So, it is happening and we are all
going to have to put up with it.
Paul.
From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch
Sent: Tuesday 1 September 2020 14:46
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Is PayPal acceptable for doing Bank transfers
online?
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 <mailto:roundtowerclondalkin@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2020 2:36 PM
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto: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
<mailto: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>[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch
Sent: 01 September 2020 13:44
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto: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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