Received $33+ Paypal payment from Bidvertiser
June 2, 2008
Last month, we talked about Bidvertiser and our $33.15 earnings during our first month in April. Last week, we received this payment in our Paypal account.
Here’s a screenshot of the payment.
Phishing email: Your PayPal account has been limited!
May 13, 2008
You open your inbox and see an email purportedly from Paypal warning you that your account has been limited. A limited Paypal account? Oh no!
If you won’t be able to lift the limit, all funds in your account will be stuck there, meaning you can’t spend or withdraw them!
So to solve this problem, you should just click the link in the email, right?
‘Your eBay Account Has Been Suspended’
April 22, 2008
A few minutes ago, I cleaned up my inbox and found the following warning email from “eBay” threatening me that my “eBay account has been suspended.”
Receive more than $500/month and Paypal auto-upgrades Personal Account to Premier
March 18, 2008
A recent discussion in the PMT Forum is about the issue of Paypal automatically upgrading Personal Accounts to Premier/Business status if more than $500 is received in one month.
According to sources, Paypal’s newest rule is that when a user receives more than the $500 receiving limit per month, the Personal Account is automatically upgraded to Premier or Business Account.
New scam using fake Paypal email
February 7, 2008
A Pinoy Money Talk (PMT) member emailed me yesterday to ask whether a Paypal transaction she is planning to enter into is a scam or not.
Apparently, some guy supposedly from the UK contacted her asking help to transfer Paypal funds. The guy claims he plans to visit the Philippines and needs help moving funds to the country.
This should already raise a red flag. Never, ever agree to such transactions because you may unwittingly be a conspirator to money laundering. A suspiciously large amount being withdrawn to a Philippine bank account raises the bank’s alarm and if you could not properly explain how you got the amount and why you are transferring money, you may be charged under the country’s Anti-Money Laundering Law.
Phishing email, fake website: e-buiilon.com
February 7, 2008
In the tradition of fake Paypal, eGold, E*Trade, Gmail, and YouTube emails designed to steal your personal information, here comes another phishing email that attempts to deceive you into logging to a fake website so it can hack your e-Bullion funds.
The well-designed email comes complete with the logo of online currency e-Bullion.com and a header image that ironically announces, “Eliminate Risks & Fraud.”
Are Paypal bank codes really important?
February 5, 2008
When PayPal first launched the withdraw to bank account feature, it did so without coordinating with local banks in the Philippines.
An obvious proof is that banks did not have a clue what a Bank Code is. The Bank Code is a 9-digit number unique to a Philippine bank that Paypal requires before a bank account can be attached to one’s account.
On the first days of the new withdraw feature, banks such as Metrobank and BPI told their clients a bank code which proved to be different from the official Paypal Philippines Bank Codes.
Paypal withdrawals still pending after 3 weeks
February 4, 2008
Paypal users in the Philippines rejoiced when Paypal started allowing the direct withdrawal of funds to local bank accounts. However, those who initiated a withdrawal before this feature was offered have nothing to be happy about.
For some of them, their withdrawal transactions are still pending after 3 weeks.
In the discussion thread Delayed Paypal withdrawal to EON account, MT_daw wrote:
I did the transaction last January 21, and … it is not yet added to my EON balance.
Jericho added:
My withdrawals (to my EON account) since January 21 is still on pending status as well. I called PayPal and they said it’s the bank’s responsibility to claim that the funds withdrawn has cleared. My theory - UnionBank takes a while to clear it because of the slight increase of the dollar.
Fund PayPal using bank account?
January 29, 2008
Now that PayPal is offering more and more features to users in the Philippines — the latest of which is the withdraw to bank account feature — a lot of people are wondering what will be offered next.
Some users are asking for Paypal to eventually allow direct withdrawal to US Dollar bank accounts. Now that funds can be withdrawn to peso bank accounts, several people look forward to directly transferring Paypal to their dollar accounts.
If allowed, then users will have the option to convert funds to peso anytime they want. They can even profit from changes in the exchange rate if they converted money using a better rate. The bad thing, however, is that we’re not sure if local banks will ever allow this. Since they will “lose” on the spread they earn from offering rates slightly lower than the current rate, they might hesitate on giving Paypal this functionality.
Another feature some people are requesting is the funding of Paypal using one’s bank account. At present, Paypal accounts can only be funded via select debit or credit cards or by receiving Paypal balances from another user. Being able to fund using a bank account will definitely be convenient especially to those who don’t want to use credit cards online. However, it can also be dangerous if a hacker succesfully got into somebody’s Paypal account.
UnionBank EON users can access PayPal EXPUSE Number online
October 15, 2007
Update: We have received reports that UnionBank has already disallowed the use of “8400″ as EXPUSE Number. A few members have said that inputting an incorrect EXPUSE number several times leads to a Limited PayPal account. Be warned. Better contact UnionBank to get the EXPUSE number so as not to risk your account.
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UnionBank EON CyberAccount users need not wait for several days and need not contact UnionBank anymore just to get the Expanded Use (EXPUSE) Number necessary to verify a PayPal Philippines account.
Today I added my UnionBank EON account to my newly-opened PayPal Philippines account and successfully enrolled as well in the Expanded Use Program.
Normally, UnionBank EON and eWallet account holders have to wait for 3-7 days before they can get the Expanded Use Number. (Visa credit card holders need to wait for the next month’s statement to get this number.) The EXPUSE number is supposedly not accessible online so users are asked to contact Unionbank’s hotline to get the number.
But this morning I applied for the Expanded Use Program, logged in to my UnionBank online account, used as EXPUSE number the numbers I saw in my Transaction History, and voila! I’m now a Verified PayPal account holder with no Sending limit.
How to get the EXPUSE number in your online account is explained below.
Read the article “Use your UnionBank account with PayPal” for details on how to use UnionBank’s debit and credit cards in PayPal.
