Paypal account permanently limited because of "high level of risk"

[truckzone]

I purchased a Stealth account which was aged 90 days and used a Firefox IP masker. I'd been using it consistently for about 5 months before it was randomly permanently limited. I didn't receive any email or get a request for further information, I just opened my account to see it was permanently banned. I've tried relentlessly to email them through all channels and opened a BBB complaint to get further assistance in hopes of reopening the account. But all they tell me is that my Paypal account was permanently limited because of a "high level of risk" and that the decision is final. Is this common with stealth paypals? The person I purchased this account from said that they have different security systems to check if an account is stealth. How can this be avoided?

[agent006140]

what did you sell?
are you in USA?

Originally Posted by degsey69

I think the Firefox IP masker you used may have contributed to their decision, somebody with nothing to hide would not use one, so it makes the account suspicious.

No,there is something bad with his account or him,Paypal can be sneaky,it would not tell you what and where and how it digs out the dirt !

could it be the seller who sold you the stealth account??

Originally Posted by rsot

branded clothing? high risk?

Some brands care -Nike,Adidas,Tiffany,Chanel,Rolex,A LONG LIST

OP may have used the account for 5 months,that does not mean Paypal cant find any fault,sometimes it takes decades to solve a murder!

we dont know really know enough,who is the seller who sold the stealth account and what is in the stealth account and what Ebay/Paypal or MP have on him?
who is OP and what does he/she sell?
I can sell XYZ but sometimes I sell ABC and ABC is the one which gets me into trouble?
Once there is this guy who sells flawed coins and incense related items,he always add a line which said if you dont see what you are looking for,just ask.
Then he bragged he made enough to buy land and built a house on it using his sales proceeds.
Then one day he watched his listings taken down one by one by Ebay.
this is one example of late action.
I can cite more if you want to learn how to READ

blocking IP address alone is not a reason to completely shut down an account.
if it is not the seller who sold him the stealth account,then it could be his activities,he said he has used it for 5 months.

Originally Posted by truckzone

Yes, They did limit my account once and asked for documentation. I let the seller go in my account and handle it. It was fixed and I used the account for a couple more months after that

what did he do?go into your account and handle it???

Those sales venues continuously tweak their software ,so what is missed before could be caught now
I remember long ago Ebay allows seller to bid on his own listing,then changed to not allowed ,and it will call you and ask t o speak to so and so,now they dont need to call,
back then sellers do not use tracking,now they do.
.

Why did you get banned?were you selling used clothes then?

[degsey69]

I think the Firefox IP masker you used may have contributed to their decision, somebody with nothing to hide would not use one, so it makes the account suspicious.

[rsot]

Missing are the details of what the OP has been doing with his pp account...sales, transfers, etc - difficult to discuss without more details

[truckzone]

Originally Posted by agent006140

what did you sell?
are you in USA?

Just clothing on Grailed. I'm in the US

[truckzone]

Originally Posted by rsot

Missing are the details of what the OP has been doing with his pp account...sales, transfers, etc - difficult to discuss without more details

I've sold clothing on Grailed and had a couple big transfers that went through with no issue. That's about it. They limited my account after I sold a 120 dollar hoodie. I have no clue what set their alarms off

[Automasters]

This is precisely why I dumped accepting gaypal as a payment method on all of our websites. I work too d**n hard for them to decide for no reason to hold my money. I now use my own credit card processor as well as cash and money order. Guess what? No more holds or freezes! Screw gaypal. The final straw was when they "froze" a $500 order which requires us to put in hours of custom work and assembly. After that, they were cut out from our websites completely. I am done.

[degsey69]

Originally Posted by agent006140

No,there is something bad with his account or him,Paypal can be sneaky,it would not tell you what and where and how it digs out the dirt !

I disagree, using anything to block IP addresses will cause suspicion and a decision to suspend the account, I know from experience.

[SaiJin]

Originally Posted by truckzone

I purchased a Stealth account which was aged 90 days and used a Firefox IP masker. I'd been using it consistently for about 5 months before it was randomly permanently limited. I didn't receive any email or get a request for further information, I just opened my account to see it was permanently banned. I've tried relentlessly to email them through all channels and opened a BBB complaint to get further assistance in hopes of reopening the account. But all they tell me is that my Paypal account was permanently limited because of a "high level of risk" and that the decision is final. Is this common with stealth paypals? The person I purchased this account from said that they have different security systems to check if an account is stealth. How can this be avoided?

You didn't buy the account from our marketplace, did you?

[truckzone]

Originally Posted by SaiJin

You didn't buy the account from our marketplace, did you?

Yes, I did

[SaiJin]

Originally Posted by truckzone

Yes, I did

Well, don’t do that again, buy from the marketplace in this forum and not other dodgy places

[rsot]

branded clothing? high risk?

[Ebayorbust]

Originally Posted by SaiJin

Well, don’t do that again, buy from the marketplace in this forum and not other dodgy places

He did buy it in our marketplace.

[SaiJin]

Originally Posted by Ebayorbust

He did buy it in our marketplace.

He mentioned a name and I don't see that seller in the marketplace.

[Ebayorbust]

Originally Posted by SaiJin

He mentioned a name and I don't see that seller in the marketplace.

The named person definitely used to sell paypal accounts with payoneer attached. It was definitely purchased on here.

[SaiJin]

Originally Posted by Ebayorbust

The named person definitely used to sell paypal accounts with payoneer attached. It was definitely purchased on here.

ok, so it was a very old purchase and not recent. Got it.

[Ebayorbust]

Originally Posted by SaiJin

ok, so it was a very old purchase and not recent. Got it.

OP said he'd been using it for 5 months so can't really see it being the account seller's fault.

Originally Posted by agent006140

could it be the seller who sold you the stealth account??

It's just unfortunate that the person that posted the above tends to do so without first properly reading posts and engaging their brain.

[truckzone]

Originally Posted by SaiJin

Well, don’t do that again, buy from the marketplace in this forum and not other dodgy places

I did, not sure why you edited their name out but I bought it from a seller here

[truckzone]

Originally Posted by rsot

branded clothing? high risk?

Yes, They did limit my account once and asked for documentation. I let the seller go in my account and handle it. It was fixed and I used the account for a couple more months after that

[SaiJin]

Originally Posted by truckzone

I did, not sure why you edited their name out but I bought it from a seller here

I thought you were referring an outside dodgy website, since I didn't remember having that seller here before

[truckzone]

Originally Posted by SaiJin

I thought you were referring an outside dodgy website, since I didn't remember having that seller here before

What happened to them? They're no longer allowed to sell here?

[mrsalexia]

Give more details on activity , did you sold any designer high end clothes ? Was it always just trailed ? PayPal can ban for one shady move