The back story to this is that I had applied for a CC when I was 18 and was denied. Someone hacked the CC company's database and approved all the card applications that had been denied, then charged them for $1 each. So I know how easily that information can get hacked and passed around after dealing with that mess. This stupid $1 charge is still on my credit report and I can't get it taken off, the company went out of business from this, and I'm left feeling I don't trust passing my personal information around online.
So here's the current story:
I've got something I need to pay via PayPal and the money is already in the account, but apparently my account is "unverified" because I never linked it to a CC or bank account. So PayPal won't let me pay with an unverified account, and I don't want to give them bank or CC info. Duh! Can you blame me? I've already encountered long term problems from a hacker!
I got to thinking maybe I could get verified with anonymous pre-paid CC so I could send the money... but now I am researching and the government even wants SSN for some of those reloadable pre-paid cards! WTH? it's like the government is out to make sure all these private businesses collect your personal information, with no regard to the fact that people abuse the systems through hacking etc!
I'm really disliking our government right now...



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