besides my Email, should i give my first and last name to someone who want to pay me?

zacklouis1990
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i have a personal verified paypal account.

a freelance website want to send me a payment , they asked me for my paypal first and last name and the email.

i don't want to give them my first and last name, what should i do?

 

Please Help !

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If you are doing business or service for someone  why would you not give your name.  If someone were to provide a service to me I would demand name AND address. 

Although the name would not be required for PayPa--just your email--it still makes sense for the buyer of the service to know the name of the service provider. 

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zacklouis1990
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because this is my first experience with this freelance website, and secondly i am not worried about giving my first and last name to the client who get the service, but i am worried about the mediator website. so, is there anyway i can hide or change my first and last name?

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Since your concerns are about the website, it seems that the prudent approach would be to review the website and determine if has the security and trustworthiness to merit you business.

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zacklouis1990
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Sure!
but you still not answer my question

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Should you give your first and last name?  Only you can answer that.  Others can only give options and suggestions.

It seems that you will have to give your first and last name if you want to do business with this site so you will need to decide if you want to do business or not. 

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zacklouis1990
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so you say that paypal have no solution protecting my privacy if i want do business with anyone?

and i mean by privacy (my first and last name).

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