Pay Pal Without Account

[anaxcrosswords]

Hi all. Someone without a PayPal account wants to send me money and I believe you don’t need an account to do so. Is that right? Visiting the homepage there is a ‘Send’ dropdown at the top which invites you to enter the recipient’s email address and the amount – is that all you have to do?
Can’t really try it myself as I don’t need to send myself money!

[Old_Geezer]

It's easy to send you money without a PayPal account. Just put the bank notes and coins in an envelope and seal it. Put your name & address on the front. Add the correct postage and put it in the pillar box.

Meanwhile, if using PayPal, the sender is going to have to tell PayPal their card details so PayPal can charge it, which I reckon must be as near to having an account that makes no difference.

[EDDIE51]

You must have a paypal account to send money and it needs to be linked to a bank account.

[Retrochic]

you will get an email saying someone has sent you money (Paypal will be holding that money) Paypal will ask for a sort code and bank number and once they have this and your account name they will send a credit to your bank account.

[Retrochic]

WARNING!! Make sure you know who and why they are sending you money -if its 'out of the blue' be very careful as it could be a scam!

[anaxcrosswords]

It’s definitely from someone trusted, Retrochic. But from what Eddie says it looks like they need an account, which I feel may be a change from the past.
I should have pointed out in the OP that I do have a PayPal account myself, if that makes any difference?

[Retrochic]

Sorry I've got this totally the wrong way around. So, you have a PP account -go to send someone money - it will take you to the page where you give the email address of the recipient and how much you want to send. The recipient will get an email saying they have been sent money and they will have to provide bank details to get paid.

[anaxcrosswords]

Still the other way round, Retrochic!
I’m the one with the PayPal account. The person who wants to send me money doesn’t have one.

[Retrochic]

read my answer again ^^^ you send the payment and PP asks the recipient (through email) for their bank details and credits them.

[Retrochic]

lol! me wrong again - I'm not giving in lol! Ok the answer is 'dunno' (sorry)

[Quizproquo]

You can send them a payment request, however I think they have to sign up to send the money back to it.

[fiction-factory]

Can you just give them you sortcode and account number and ask them to do an online faster payments transfer

[anaxcrosswords]

I could do but security would be an issue. I run a forum for novice cryptic clue-writers and in return for me evaluating their crosswords I ask for a contribution to the hosting costs. It would be nice to be able to say, in a post, that payments can be made regardless of whether or not one has a PayPal account. Definitely don’t want to make my bank details visible!
But if anyone here would like to send me money, the details are...
Shut up anax.

[fiction-factory]

Your sort code and account number are already on cheques so on its own I'm not sure what the risk is

[EDDIE51]

There is no security problem with giving someone your sort code and account no, if there was no one could get paid. People (employers for example) can put money in but not take it out.

[anaxcrosswords]

I'd give the bank details to an individual, yes, but wouldn't put them online in a forum - too risky, surely?

[THECORBYLOON]

https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/send-money-online

[EDDIE51]

^ No risk at all , the sort code and account no can ONLY be used to pay cash into the account. The worst that can happen is that someone pays money into your account, there is NO way to take cash out of the account with just the sort code and number, not even the account holder can do that unless they have proof of ID !

[anaxcrosswords]

Thanks Eddie & Corbyloon. I've put that PayPal link on the forum - let's see what happens!

[EDDIE51]

Yes Corby, but that is for someone who is on paypal to send cash to someone who is not on paypal. We are talking the other way about, someone who is NOT on paypal to send cash to a paypal account.
I just tried that link and as soon as you enter the email/mobile no it sends you to 'sign into paypal'.

[mikey4444]

All you need is the bank details of whoever is going to receive this money and you can make a simple bank transfer.