Recently I noticed some transactions on my credit card that I don't recognize, for small amounts of money, that would usually signify to me that they were Etsy or farmer's market purchases. Normally I wouldn't worry, but these ones are all marked Paypal with the usual phone number showing on the statement (<removed>). I decided to double check on the Paypal website, and cannot find these transactions anywhere in my Paypal transaction history. My question is, is there any situation in which I could make a paypal purchase that would show on my credit card statement, but not the site? Are there background merchant accounts where small merchants can accept credit card payments that would display "paypal" on my statement, but not be associated with my actual paypal account?
