Someone was the winning bidder for an auction of mine. I e-mailed him after I hadn't heard from him or received payment. He e/m'd me back saying, "I'll send payment either today or tomorrow. PayPal has limited my access because someone tried to get into my account."
Now, is it just me or does that sound like a bunch of B.S.? Has anyone heard of PP "limiting" access like this? Wouldn't they just change user name and password? He's lying, isn't he?
2006-07-21 05:35:24 · 3 answers · asked by tagi_65 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Aleem, take your crappy spam somewhere else, you dork. If you'd have read the question, you'd have realized it wasn't a question about whether PayPal sucked, but rather about whether someone was scamming me. Now, I've RAMO.
2006-07-21 08:48:00 · update #1
Yes, that has happened to me before. When a paypal account is in the middle of an investigation because of fraudulent activity, then paypal freezes the account. However, it does not take very long to clear it. Normally they ask for the paypal account holder to verify a few personal information and to change his or her password. There are a few steps that they must go through to for paypal to unfreeze the account. Usually once they go through the verification process, paypal will unfreeze the account so that they can use it again. The only restriction is that they cannot withdraw money from paypal to their checking account, but it is possible that they restricted him to send money as well.
Also, paypal might freeze the account if information sent by the account user is inaccurate.
Check this help site:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_help-ext&nodeid=25789&leafid=62067&prior_transaction_id=8158&answer_id=16777217
and
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_help-ext&nodeid=25789&leafid=62063&prior_transaction_id=8193&answer_id=16777218
and
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_help-ext&nodeid=25395&leafid=2150&prior_transaction_id=8238&answer_id=16777220
2006-07-21 05:38:30 · answer #1 · answered by Sean I.T ? 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, PayPal can and will limit the account. No, they won't change username and password, they will send you an email asking you to confirm your account information. The user must follow PayPal instructions to remove the limitations by verifying their personal information they entered at sign up.
2006-07-21 05:44:16 · answer #2 · answered by welches_grape_jelly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look at this website:
PayPal Sucks, aka No PayPal, is an anti paypal site to expose the nightmare of doing business "the paypal way." Post your complaints, troubles, fraud stories, lawsuits, and other dissatisfaction in the forums.
and this one:
AboutPaypal.org is an Anti-Paypal website created with the sole purpose of exposing the horrors of doing business "The PayPal Way". We are committed to assisting the public in making an informed decision about PayPal
2006-07-21 05:41:26 · answer #3 · answered by Aleem 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋