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Paypal Bank scam??
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Thats not possible. Would need to be PayPal to PayPal or Bank Account to Bank Account.narrowboatboy said:
No, I don't have paypal. They are wanting to pay from their paypal account direct into my bank accountprettyandfluffy said:They can't. Only you can move money from your PayPal account to your linked bank account. Do you have a PayPal account?0 -
jon81uk said:
Thats not possible. Would need to be PayPal to PayPal or Bank Account to Bank Account.narrowboatboy said:
No, I don't have paypal. They are wanting to pay from their paypal account direct into my bank accountprettyandfluffy said:They can't. Only you can move money from your PayPal account to your linked bank account. Do you have a PayPal account?It is possible with the Xoom service PayPal offer.2 -
ensure the guy wanting to buy isn't called Quint.2
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I'd never heard of that before, but yes it does look possible then and hard to say if its a scam if that is what they are doing.Sagham said:jon81uk said:
Thats not possible. Would need to be PayPal to PayPal or Bank Account to Bank Account.narrowboatboy said:
No, I don't have paypal. They are wanting to pay from their paypal account direct into my bank accountprettyandfluffy said:They can't. Only you can move money from your PayPal account to your linked bank account. Do you have a PayPal account?It is possible with the Xoom service PayPal offer.0 -
Thanks for all the feedback. I don't really have anything to do with paypal so grateful for the advice.
After a few more questions and offering to wait while he sorted a bank transfer he suddenly disappeared.
I must have upset him!!!!3 -
pfpf said:ensure the guy wanting to buy isn't called Quint.
I think he just needed a bigger boat...narrowboatboy said:Thanks for all the feedback. I don't really have anything to do with paypal so grateful for the advice.
After a few more questions and offering to wait while he sorted a bank transfer he suddenly disappeared.
I must have upset him!!!!2 -
Just say for instance that somebody's Paypal account has been hacked - dirty money from it transferred to your bank account (through friends and family?).
Guaranteed in a few days or weeks Paypal will contact your bank to stay the proceeds paid into your account is dirty money - so your account is blocked/frozen/potentially closed down - and your boat has long sailed away.
You end up with no boat and a debt to Paypal or your bank.1 -
Good that people here saved you a big billnarrowboatboy said:Thanks for all the feedback. I don't really have anything to do with paypal so grateful for the advice.
After a few more questions and offering to wait while he sorted a bank transfer he suddenly disappeared.
I must have upset him!!!!2
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