A few years ago, I discovered a PayPal bug that allowed you to make purchases under $200 USD.
I'm going to mention it here in case it still works. You only need a few ingredients, like any good recipe. First, let's start with the basics: you created an account with information like your first name, last name, or simply any nickname that wasn't real, as well as other personal information. You used a disposable or prepaid mobile number. Next, you ignored adding a bank card, but you did use an empty account number to register within the platform's payment system. This is where they'll try to charge us the $200 USD in the future. Spoiler alert: it's impossible because there are no funds.
Let's move on to how to do it, since they've registered us in the system after entering the amounts PayPal enters to activate the account.
At this point, we need to find a supplier or seller who wants to collect via PayPal. We have to remember that the maximum amount is 200 USD; exceeding this limit means it won't work.
We must ask them to issue us an invoice for the product or service for a maximum amount of 200 USD. This is where the key comes in: making sure the payment deadline doesn't expire, and that there aren't any days to wait, because this blocks what will happen next. We must make the seller believe there's a verification issue on our account and that they must wait at least 4 weeks to collect. During this time, the PayPal system trusts the seller and processes the payment. However, there is such a delay that when the seller or PayPal discovers it has happened, they simply can't get the money from the account because it's empty. This has been possible by issuing the invoice without an expiration date and having passed these weeks. Invoices or requests to collect will continue to arrive on this account, but they will be unable to collect. Without real collection or personal data, it's just another small fraud in a big ocean that simply won't amount to anything.
02-11-2025, 10:40 PM
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