Has Paypal ever asked you for your Social Security #???

This is weird.

I got an email asking for my SS#.... OF course I thought it was a scam.

I went (outside of the email) and logged into my Paypal account and BAM, it said that it wanted my social security number...

Anyone ever have this happen?

It mentions checking my credit....

Anyone

skrip

No! I would change your password asap!!!

Clear your memory cache and try logging in again. I don't think they should ever need your SS. I might call them too.

No, no, no.

Matt, call Paypal customer service. They will let you know flat out if you need it.

They are some of the most responsive customer service I have talked to.

Something is rotten. There is NO WAY they need that information unless you have some line of credit with them or applied for the PAYPAL Visa as an example.

Guys,

I just talked with them. It is legit....

They said since I have had such a large amount of sales lately.. Over $11K in a month. ($8K of coins for my dad)..

They want to check my credit..... Why in the hell do they need to check my credit... the person on the phone was not much help

BUT, apparantly it's legit

I am not comfortable about this at all

skrip

I closed a dispute I had filed with a seller today. I was on the phone with ebay CS and they asked me repeatedly for the last 4 of my social, last 4 of my CC and last 4 of my banking account. Can't say I knew why they'd need any of that info but they did ask for it. I guess it's not the same as giving the whole social but I still thought it was odd they'd need any of that info for what the call was about.

Could be for taxing purposes.

jrinne said:

Could be for taxing purposes.

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This is exactly what I am worried about...

This is what it states.... on the site


PayPal is constantly working to ensure security by regularly screening the accounts in our system. We recently reviewed your account, and we need more information to help us provide you with secure service. We would like to return your account to regular standing as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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Why do I need to provide additional information about my account?



We require additional information about your account for the following reason(s):


Apr. 6, 2009: PayPal occasionally performs credit checks on selected account holders. Your account has been selected to go through this process. We must complete a credit review in order for the warning on your account to be lifted. In most cases, the account holder's personal credit is analyzed using a Social Security number and an address likely to generate a match with a credit bureau. Please log into your PayPal account to provide this information. If an examination of your business credit would be more appropriate, please contact our customer service department to supply your Tax ID number.

could it have anything to do with the Patriot Act?

If they haven't frozen your account, you might want to go ahead and pull everything out.

If they have, not much you can do. Give them the social.

Therion said:

If they haven't frozen your account, you might want to go ahead and pull everything out.

If they have, not much you can do. Give them the social.

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They have NOT frozen my account at all...

The scary/weird part is that the guy on the phone couldn't explain to me why they needed it....

skrip

ballerskrip said:

Therion said:

If they haven't frozen your account, you might want to go ahead and pull everything out.

If they have, not much you can do. Give them the social.

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They have NOT frozen my account at all...

The scary/weird part is that the guy on the phone couldn't explain to me why they needed it....

skrip

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As mentioned before I would just pull all of your money out. I no longer keep any balance in my paypal account.

I heard they have started doing this for IRS purposes.

Pp amended the agreement earlier this yr that lets them ask for ss # + do credit checks, esp on accts that have a spike in $ activity (which I’m assuming yours did since you don’t sell a ton regularly?) or ‘high fraud items’ (like coins). Also, in the next yr or 2, ebay/paypal WILL give up your info to the IRS if you have more than 200 transactions/$X incoming into your pp acct/yr. I assume they’ll start collecting SS#s in the next 1-2 yrs.

mredsox89 said:

ballerskrip said:

Therion said:

If they haven't frozen your account, you might want to go ahead and pull everything out.

If they have, not much you can do. Give them the social.

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They have NOT frozen my account at all...

The scary/weird part is that the guy on the phone couldn't explain to me why they needed it....

skrip

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As mentioned before I would just pull all of your money out. I no longer keep any balance in my paypal account.

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+1

Pulling all your $ out won’t fix the issue @ this point as your acct’s likely already been ‘flagged’ by pp internally + if you continue to have fairly high $ sales/mo. + do NOT let them run your credit/do NOT give your SS#, they’ll likely put a 21 day hold on those funds.

rainmanesq said:

Pulling all your $ out won’t fix the issue @ this point as your acct’s likely already been ‘flagged’ by pp internally + if you continue to have fairly high $ sales/mo. + do NOT let them run your credit/do NOT give your SS#, they’ll likely put a 21 day hold on those funds.

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Thank you to everyone for your information!!! I appreciate it

skrip

ballerskrip said:

rainmanesq said:

Pulling all your $ out won’t fix the issue @ this point as your acct’s likely already been ‘flagged’ by pp internally + if you continue to have fairly high $ sales/mo. + do NOT let them run your credit/do NOT give your SS#, they’ll likely put a 21 day hold on those funds.

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Thank you to everyone for your information!!! I appreciate it

skrip

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Well I'd like to thank you for bringing this to our attention as I've never heard of this & would be in the same predicament you are now (wondering what the hell is going on) if in fact they decided to do this to my account! Now I'll know what's up without hitting the panic button! Thx for the "head's up"...