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Re: Accidental send of PayPal money to an unverifi...

by Rookk Contributor in About Payments (Archive)
‎Sep-29-2015 10:00 AM
‎Sep-29-2015 10:00 AM
How do I know if the person on the other side accepted the money. I checked back when I sent money to someone with a verified account, the details look the exactly the same.  ... View more

Re: Accidental send of PayPal money to an unverifi...

by Rookk Contributor in About Payments (Archive)
‎Sep-28-2015 03:00 PM
‎Sep-28-2015 03:00 PM
I have already called in, they just told me to sit tight and wait about a week and if the person on the other end has not claimed the money it will go back to me or something along those lines. I wasn't really sure about the final answer as if the money will never go to the random person.  ... View more

Re: Accidental send of PayPal money to an unverifi...

by Rookk Contributor in About Payments (Archive)
‎Sep-27-2015 08:14 PM
‎Sep-27-2015 08:14 PM
Should I try to file something in case the random person accepts the money or no. I'm kind of scared what will happen to the money. Also I checked the classic site and there is no cancel button.  ... View more

Accidental send of PayPal money to an unverified u...

by Rookk Contributor in About Payments (Archive)
‎Sep-27-2015 07:51 PM
‎Sep-27-2015 07:51 PM
So I just found out today that my dad had accidently sent $47.00 to a random email address when he was originally intending to send it to someone else. The deal that my dad and the seller was called off, but now I'm a little fearful of what happened to my money.    The account that it was sent to is unverified. As well as the money says it only "sent" while other payments to people I know say "money received." I talked to a PayPal specialist today and she told me that my money is currently just floating around and when no one on the other side claims it the money will come back to me. I just wanted to really confirm that it was true. I'm still very scared that the random person will just go up and claim the money as his or hers. I say this because in the details of sent money, the unverified paypal user has a name so they must have an account made.    If anyone could just confirm that the above said is true that would be great. ... View more
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