Receiving payment without revealing name and address?

chris1

If someone sends payment to an email address which I no longer use but still have access to, I understand that I can add the old email address to my Paypal account and ‘claim’ the money OK.

My question is, does the sender of the money then have access to my name, physical address, phone number etc.?

Thanks

TKPeters

Only the name on the account & customer service number if specified

theonlywayisup

Is it me or is this a very dodgy sounding query?

chris1

theonlywayisup wrote: »

Is it me or is this a very dodgy sounding query?

It's you!!!!!
I'm worried about the person sending the money and don't want them to have all my details.
If you can think of another way that would be helpful.

theonlywayisup

chris1 wrote: »

It's you!!!!!
I'm worried about the person sending the money and don't want them to have all my details.
If you can think of another way that would be helpful.

Another way to what?

You've had the answer to your Paypal question up there ^

chris1

theonlywayisup wrote: »

Another way to what?

To receive money from someone without them finding out personal details, perhaps using something other than Paypal.

Undervalued

chris1 wrote: »

To receive money from someone without them finding out personal details, perhaps using something other than Paypal.

You need to look at this from both sides.....

Would you be happy to send money to someone if they were trying to hide their name and address from you?

alykatz

chris1 wrote: »

To receive money from someone without them finding out personal details, perhaps using something other than Paypal.

I would under no circumstance send money to someone without knowing exactly who i was dealing with. Might as well put my money in an envelope and post it to Mr nobody.

If some asked me to do this i would consider them very dodgy.

chris1

I'm not asking them!!!
For goodness sake, I'm not the dodgy one here, they are asking to send to me and I'm frightened of them knowing my physical address.

theonlywayisup

chris1 wrote: »

I'm not asking them!!!
For goodness sake, I'm not the dodgy one here, they are asking to send to me and I'm frightened of them knowing my physical address.

And I can't see any explanation that doesn't include something odd/dodgy.

Why are they asking to send you money? How did they get in touch with you to ask you if they could send you money?

I'm assuming you aren't falling for the inheritance email you may have received saying you've come into lots of money?

Undervalued

chris1 wrote: »

I'm not asking them!!!
For goodness sake, I'm not the dodgy one here, they are asking to send to me and I'm frightened of them knowing my physical address.

OK, fair enough but surely you must see how it looks?

As I said earlier, would you send money electronically to somebody if you had no means of confirming their address?

Why are they sending you the money? If you make that clear then maybe somebody will have a solution.