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ltlrusty
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If I sell something and the purchaser wants to pay via pay pal, do I need to disclose my last name?  I sent them my email address and 

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canwehaveitnow
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No email address is enough information for them to make the payment

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canwehaveitnow
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No email address is enough information for them to make the payment

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kernowlass
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@ltlrusty 


The email address you use with Paypal identifies your Paypal account and is all someone needs to pay you.
Or you can send a money request/invoice from your Paypal account to their Paypal email address for them to pay.

The latter is better as you can then fully describe the item that your buyer is paying for and that may help you if they open a 'recieved but not as described' dispute.

You may be subject to the 'new seller hold' (info on that in link below) BUT once cleared you can click on 'withdraw/transfer funds' and send it to any linked funding source.
https://www.paypal.com/us/brc/article/funds-availability

HOWEVER be very careful as lot of scam merchants about.......

1. A lot of scammers encourage you to accept a Paypal payment and if you don't have an account ask you to open one.
2. Do not get scammed via spoof emails that look as if they are from Paypal.
3. Never send anything unless the funds are showing in your Paypal account balance, even if you are a new seller and subject to the new seller hold the funds would still show in your balance but have pending by them.
4. Do NOT send anything to an address that is not the buyers Paypal registered address.
5. Do not be fooled by you so called buyer and "Paypal" telling you that you either have to >>>

a. Send the item and provide a tracking number BEFORE the funds show in your balance.
b. You have to pay the buyers shipping agent via western union or moneygram OR buy Itunes vouchers or tokens for varying reasons before his payment is credited to you.

6. Do not accept payment for sales using the family / friends option.
7. Remember sellers send invoices and not buyers so if you get an invoice "marked as gift / paid" and saying it won't show in your balance for 24 hours or that your payment can't be the subject of a chargeback.....its a scam.

If in doubt come here and ask and also read up on Paypals seller protection first so you can risk assess your transactions.


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Tmcgowen
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Family member sent me funds as a favor nothing was sold how do I get funds currently on hold
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kernowlass
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Its down to how the payment was SENT to your account.

1. If they sent using money > goods / services option then paypal would see you as a seller and apply the new seller hold. They would also charge you a fee.

2. If they had sent using the send money > family / friends option then you would have had the payment instantly with no fee. (However that option is not available in every country).

There are however some occasions where friends / family payments are held for reviews but these are normally only 24 hours.


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TarekD
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Hello kudos my name is Tarek. My prepaid debit MasterCard is connected to my PayPal account. But it’s not connected to any bank. I have used it with Paypal recently but only to send funds. Can I recieve funds through it even if it’s not connected to any bank and I don’t have a PayPal cash card. And how do I go about transfering the funds I just recieved onto my debit card so I can get the money?
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