I have also noticed recently that logging into my PayPal account has become an excersise in fighting security bots.
For the last couple of weeks, every time I try to log into my account I enter my login name, then it asks me to
enter a one time code to continue. Underneath this there is the option to try another way, which has the
option to login using password. I always choose this option as it was alwayts the way you logged in before
and I did not setup a change, but I guess PayPal just randomly changes its account logins without any warning.
I could deal with that, as it is a simple enough workaround, but what is getting me is that after entering my
username / Email, and my unique password, this is where the fun begins.
Here I thought, stupid me, that a password was proof it was you enough, but apparently, the username & password
combination just lets you progress to the security robot, who then makes you jump through 30 miles of flaming hoops
to prove to it that you are you. The one that I am posting here about is the stupid 'sent a security code to your phone,
please enter code to continue'.
The problem I have with this is that it has an old number, from an old phone that I no longer have access to, and
provides no means to update to a new number to complete the challenge. Your only option is to try and add a new number,
which cannot be done because the stupid robot is ignorant, and cannot accept 'That type of number'.
Truthfully I cannot understand what this error means, what is 'That type of number' exactly??
It is the same as any o0ther number I have ever used without issue, a moble number on my smartphone, but now it seems that the PayPal people, in their endless push to remove themselves from the process of dealing with accounts, has decided to leave everything up to buggy, poorly designed automated bots.
WHAT IS GOING ON PAYPAL??
