PayPal is an account-based system that allowspeopleto send online payments to anyone with an email address or mobile number.
If you receivedan emailfromus,someone may have sent a payment to you. You can accept the payment by clickingSign Uponany PayPal web page.If you don’thave a PayPal account, you’ll need to create one before you can accept the payment.If you decide not to sign up for an account, we’ll refund the money back to the sender.
To report a suspicious email or website, forward it to [email protected] and we’ll investigate it for you. After you send us the email, delete it from your inbox.
To add an additional layer of confidence when receiving apayment, we now provide the sender of funds the option to share a link directlywith the recipient that the recipient can use to access and redeem theirmoney.
The payment link connects the receiver of funds to a PayPalpage that tells the receiver they have pending money and need to have or createa PayPal account with a confirmed email address to claim the money.