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Paypal figured out I had an old account w/ negative balance.
 

At least I assume. I was told they are closing my account because I am too high of a risk. When I asked why they said to protect the integrity of their users they refuse give me a reason unless I get a legal subpoena.

I used to have an old account under the same name, it's pretty negative. He asked me if I have ever had another account before twice and I said no. The account they are closing has all my current bank details, can they take money out of this bank account to pay off the old balance?

paypal have you now. You linked yourself.

They will come after you.

Sort out the 'pretty negative' quickly.

only the other day i paid of an indef limited accounts fees

it hurt worse than a kick in the balls but

better to get that out of the way

If under your real name, could come back to hurt your credit rating. Pay the fees if you`re worried but do NOT expect the account to be restored. Move onto stealth accounts.

what if the linked acc is kinda in your real details eg real address and wrong name? what can they do

If the old account has all your real details including ssn then it has already hurted your credit score just get a copy of your credit score to check if anything with the old paypal balance shows. The reality is if you pay your old paypal they will not re-instate none of them. Thats how sad paypal works.

The old negative account doesn't have my SSN on it, and the guy refused to give me a reason for why he was closing my account.

Can they use the bank account on my new account (the one in good condition that they closed) to take money to pay off the old account? I didn't admit to it being mine, and they never specifically mentioned anything about it. They just said I was a high risk and refused to say anything else unless I got a legal subpoena.

I am not sure they can take money out of a new account as it was never attached to your old paypal account. But paypal does what it likes

How old is the account? Your states statute of limitations may have expired keeping them from going after the money. Even though they can pursue it after the SOL has expired, they cannot force payment after the SOL has expired. therefore they cannot attach your wages or your bank accounts if the account is past the SOL.

Go get your free annual credit report to see if it is showing. If it is not then that tells you they do not have enough info to report it. If it is showing it means they tracked you down and know your SSN.

If the debt is still within the SOL then you need to get it paid if they have your SSN. If it is past SOL then they cannot in most cases collect it.

They have to have the attached bank account or turn it over to a collector to get money out of new bank account I believe.

. Look yours up. Since this is a debt now they have to follow the laws to collect it.

You actually should be worrying about sorting that pretty negative balance.

If this is the 2nd account gone you are making some mistakes.