I was at home, sat by my computer, sending money to a person well verified by my PP account, as I had sent the person money previously ! I got the usual. Pay Pal message, saying ; The money has been sent ! I am outside the UK for a while.. Anyway, on transferring the money, I left the apartment, to go shopping, and while walking down a Main Street in Spain, ... FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ..! I got a txt message, from Paypal, asking me, to verify the transaction, if it was me, press 1 if not, press 2. I was so surprised, ...as this was the first time ever,...... that I have had to do this, that I pressed 1 to verify.......... However,.... my so called ...Smart Phone was set to the Spanish SIM, so I got a txt from PP saying they couldn't verify my identity. So, I opened the Smart Phone, and set the txt SIM to UK, and pressed. 1......... No Difference ! It keeps saying ...Identity not verified ....Transfer Not Completed ! I phoned the person in question, to ask what was happening ... They had already received, and withdrawn the money. SO, I went into a restaurant in Spain, with WIFI, and using the wifi, tried to contact. PayPal ....on my Smart Phone... Has anybody else tried this ? PayPal asks so many questions, by robot, that assumes you are at home, at your computer, and can answer all its questions about account numbers etc It never asks, are you somehow in the street somewhere ? With no access to account numbers ? Finally I got a number to call from outside the UK......Great........the Dublin number worked,..... right up until the person on the other end answered ! First, the background noise, was as if I had interrupted an office party, ...then ... the guy who answered me, was either foreign, or well into the office party ! I could not make myself understood, and, as said, calling from a street in Spain......only to try and say, yes I sent the transfer...... The foreigner or drunk office party worker .. told me.... he was. suspending my account, since I WAS SIGNED IN AS A GUEST ! Is this par for the Pay Pal Course ? Has anyone got a direct number to English PayPal People ? Any Help Would be greatly appreciated, as I need the account. to do transfers !
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