Is Paypal safe?

Question

and what do I need to open a Paypal account?

Answer 1

Paypal is the safest way of transferring money online and soon, Ebay will make it the only way. They offer services to protect you from being scammed.

Answer 2

yes... u need to fill up your personal detail, email n credit card to verify the account

Answer 3

Yes, Paypal.com can be trusted.

Also, they offer a token generator which offers 2 factor authentication (link in the sources below), which ensures you are who you are. Downside, losing the token means you have zero access until you order another and go through the process of proving you are who you are.

Also, when going to paypal, always use the SSL connection httpS://www.paypal.com (notice the S for secure). That ensures you are at the right place and are not on a fake version built to steal your information.

Answer 4

Yes it's owned by Ebay I think.  It's a huge company.  But generally you'll need a Visa card.  To activate it you will need to get access to your bill and enter the code that appears on your bill.  So that might take 1 month to activate.

Answer 5

Paypal is extremely safe. Just don't ever give away any of your paypal information to anybody.  www.paypal.com  What you do is give them a checking account information.  They will deposit two tiny sums of change into your account.  You will get an email and you will respond to them with the particular amounts of money paypal put in your account.  It will be like .07 and .01 cents. Something like that.

Make sure your password is a good one.  It will take about five working days and you will be set up.