can you use a single cell number for two separate accounts?
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i have a personal paypal account.
i am power of attorney for my mother, and we would like to set up paypal account for her (easy way to do gifts to grandkids, etc).
but i want to use MY cell phone as the phone of record.
she would have her bank account number in her account, separate email, etc.
i did read that you personally can't have multiple personal accounts, but that is not the case here.
thanks
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Hi @ACodgerRan987,
Welcome to the PayPal community! I understand that you would like to use your phone number on two PayPal accounts, to your PayPal account, and your mother's PayPal account. I regret to inform you; this option is not available. At PayPal, account and data security is treated as a priority following risk-free transactions. Adding one phone number to two accounts can contradict and as a security measure, this option is not available. You may, however, add a new phone number to a different account.
Good luck!
- Ali
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thanks for reply.
but, i had gone to chat, and that person said it was able to be done, and i set up the second account using same number, and the accounts do work...
i can log in as myself, or log in with my mom in her account, it switches succssfully, it sends me activation code numbers, etc.
thanks
nick

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