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PayPal confiscated funds
 

Has anybody had any experience with PayPal confiscating your funds from sales made from eBay or any similar platform? And if so, is there anything that can be done to reverse or appeal it?

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Saw your other post that this happened to you over 2 years ago.

The money is gone. Forget about it and move on.

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2 years ago - why no action back then OP

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Paypal does seize fund from items sold on Ebay,or any website using Paypal.
Read its AUP list.
Sometimes it is not Paypal but DEA,FBI ,IRS or police or court

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Yes. Got ip infringement claim for $30 item and they froze the account and eventually took all funds as instructed by the court

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Lol give it up buddy, I gave up awhile ago :/ Paypal stole 3.5k from me doing the same AUP.

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If this was 2 years ago funds are gone I’m afraid

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Why does it matter if it was two years ago or two days ago. I didn't know there was an expiration in which you can get your money back from a AUP claim. One would assume if you can get your money back in the first month of them taking it by proving yourself, than it would be safe to say you should be able to do so if 2 years have passed.

For the record I have about $40k stolen from me across a few accounts and I haven't even bothered to try to get that money back "YET". (Because it is still mines!) I've been busy doing business on my active accounts. And yes it has been over multiple years for some of those accounts. I plan on getting legal assistance when that time comes. Methods include BBB, CFPB, SEC, Fairshake, Demand Letters, Civil & Small Claim Court, etc. I will not be one to just shrug the shoulders and say oh well.

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Are those accounts stealth?
Do they have bank accounts linked?

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Welcome to the forum - all the best as you master stealth :thumb:

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if Paypal did not release the fund after 180 days,it probably intend to keep it due to the cause of violation.
You can try to contact them,but you said it is spread across multiple STEALTH accounts,2 years ago and do you have a bank account already linked to those PaYPAL accounts?

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I think there's a misunderstanding as I wasn't looking for assistance. It doesn't matter if there's a bank account linked or not. When you get a AUP claim PayPal completely drain the funds to cover "damages". Sometimes they even delete account or sell the account if it ends up having a negative balance. (Like a late charge-back). etc.

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That's basically their way of stealing legally from you...

They've done this 15 years ago and they'll keep coming up with new excuses.

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The reason I asked if your stealth accounts have a bank account linked is that if you do get the money back,you want to transfer it to your bank account,
are your accounts still active or suspended?

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So basically my take on it is they haven't stole anything. I just haven't fought for it back yet because AUP claims are lengthier and usually requires legal action. Since my AUP chargebacks are on stealth accounts, I'm in no rush and I'll just wait until I have few more AUP chargebacks on other accounts then I'll seek out the proper legal assistance all at once oppose to one at a time. What I learned from the success stories of others is things are negotiable. Maybe we end up settling for half the money back which is still better than none. We'll see when we cross those bridges!

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Decisions to be made indeed - hopefully will work out once you have a set plan

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AUP chargebacks,
chargebacks come from buyer credit card ,the issuer is the bank ,if you lose,Paypal cannot do anything but let them have the money back,also PAYPAL will eat a chargeback fee which will then pass on to you.
l,

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Chargebacks are a headache indeed - virtually impossible to fight off without dealing directly with the cc provider

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I do hope sincerely you get your money back. I mean that.

AUP is usually a death sentence.

So distribute your priorities wisely.

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When there's a will, there's a way! I think I have about a good $5k to $8k at amazon stolen as well. I absolutely still consider this my money. If I don't get it back, you never know it might end up being a major write off on future invoices from that guy "Uncle Sam". You'd be surprised at some of the legal tweaks and work-arounds that are available when you have resources.

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Thats crazyyy, cause literally SAME. Paypal took 3.4k from me under AUP and Amazon took 6.8k from me as I did not have invoices to backup that amount of stuff sold, they released the other 15k they we're holding though it took months of fighting with them.

Amazon all you have to do is open a case with AAA, it costs like 1k, but supposedly Amazon is suppose to reimburse you for it? Whole process takes over a year though. I missed my first case call after a year of waiting and then the following call, I was there, no one connected in the call and they marked me as a no show and closed the case smh. Someone said small claims court is an option as well.

Paypal: I actually got a call from this lawyer (Dan Law arbitrations) that paypal is ready to settle the case. I had original filled with fairshake which led me to the above ^. I gave up hope as never heard anything for months. I'm unsure what to do though as its a stealth. Let alone one that I can't get into the email as the recovery phone number I don't have access to :( Then on top of that they may need some sort of ID or whatever to settle since its a legal document? So I guess I am going to need to buy an ID with the stealth name on it, use that to contact email support to get back into my email, so I can sign the documents and get this case closed.

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good luck.

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Who is this AAA which you speak of? Sounds interesting. I was thinking of working with someone like the lawyers They have been going at it for years now and have thousands of positive reviews too.

How was your fairshake experience, did you identify yourself legally to them and explained the situation or did you work with them assuming the stealth accounts identity. :spy: I'm curious to know how transparent you can be in these situations. If it was up to me I would assume the stealth accounts identity all the way to court however I don't think the courts would be too pleased with me if they found out. :ballchain:

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American Arbitrage Association , amazon lawyers are like 2-3k at least I think, i'm sure you'd get your money and faster, but obviously less of it lol and would have to pay upfront. Fairshake referred me to this paralegal team which got bought out by Dan Law. And tbh idk what to do. Because I imagine Dan Law would be the one sending me the money most likely in a check in which at that point it would be awkward as I wouldn't be able to cash it and have to tell them.

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How did you get your money back after contacting the AAA, was it check, bank transfer via logging back into the account? Did you have any obstacles considering if it was a stealth account oppose to it being under your legal name?

In regards to the payment you are trying to get from PayPal, I agree if you are going to get reimbursed I would assume it would be check as it is most common however don't forget we live in a digital world now and it's become even more so it is a strong possibility you can have the sent electronically especially if it's a entity separate from a large company such as a firm. I predict a transfer would be pretty common. You definitely should inquiry about these things. As for fairshake I'm assuming you assumed the stealth accounts identity during contact?

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I did not get my money back, I said the story in my comment. Fairshake yes, no point in explaining to them a stealth, they wouldn't understand lol

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paying upfront....oof

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At one time,you can ask Paypal to send you a money order,then Paypal decides to send bank check instead,I am not sure they even offer that service anymore?

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Doubtable - or at the least, very exceptional circumstances

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If OP wins the AUP violation,and PAYPAL decides to send him a bank check in stealth name,he could have problem cashing it.
He is in US,some banks do not accept endorsed checks.
Paypla would probably return your money to your stealth Paypal account and you have to figure how to spend it.buy something or send it to another Paypal account
AUP violations is a mile long,sometimes it could make mistake,so you should go to Paypal site and get the list and see where you stand

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how long ago? what were you selling? and what is an erkdaddy?

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A possible relation of ErkMummy.

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Morning chuckles :lol: