Gmail Account suspended for no reason???

Chris18181 · #1 01-15-2018

Hi Everyone,

I have a gmail account that is linked to my ebay & PayPal account, I noticed i couldn't log into my account this morning and when i tried to do so gmail said my account was disabled.

i tried to recover it but got this email "Your request has been reviewed, but unfortunately your account can't be restored because it was found to have been used in a way that violated Google's policies."

this is the 2nd time this has happened to me, suspended for no reason at all, what should i do at this point?

I need my gmail account to check for new orders and notifications from PayPal

**SaiJin** · #2 01-15-2018

What have you been doing with your Gmail account in ever day to day activity?

Chris18181 · #3 01-15-2018

what i always do, I just see if i have any orders from ebay coming in, I never sent any emails on this gmail account.

Play · #4 01-15-2018

It's potentially been linked to one of your other gmail accounts. This can happen if you have a tonne of gmail accounts.

You can either move over to Yahoo mail, or treat gmail as stealth and keep them isolated.

Note - there may be more to it, but i've found treating each account as you would with stealth accounts resolves the issue.

**aspkin** · #5 01-15-2018

Wow... this could be a good case for Yahoo mail..

**SaiJin** · #6 01-15-2018

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Originally Posted by Play

It's potentially been linked to one of your other gmail accounts. This can happen if you have a tonne of gmail accounts.

You can either move over to Yahoo mail, or treat gmail as stealth and keep them isolated.

Note - there may be more to it, but i've found treating each account as you would with stealth accounts resolves the issue.

What number is a Ton in your opinion? 10 ? 10+ ?

I have used Yahoo in the past and they weren't as reliable as Gmail, but that could have changed nowadays.

Play · #7 01-15-2018

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Originally Posted by SaiJin

What number is a Ton in your opinion? 10 ? 10+ ?

I have used Yahoo in the past and they weren't as reliable as Gmail, but that could have changed nowadays.

Since i'm an account seller, i'd have more than the usual amount of GMAIL accounts, so I cannot really specify. I would say 5 gmail accounts might be acceptable. Any more can be deemed as abuse of their service potentially.

Yahoo has always been great to be honest. They come with images disable from the get go, and any email that goes through them (be it online or through a mail client) has it's IP masked. The same cannot be said for GMAIL which doesn't mask IPs sent through email clients, has to be the GMAIL phone app, or online site.

bjammin · #8 01-15-2018

I have never had this issue with gmail myself

#9 01-15-2018

Do you use canvas defender or something similar?

Ebayorbust · #10 01-15-2018

Aye, using certain addons like Canvas Defender with Chrome will result in a gmail suspension.

ernest2449 · #11 01-15-2018

@Play are you sure and is it really true that using an email client (for example my iPhone's "mail" app) will not result in masking my true IP?

rsot · #12 01-15-2018

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Originally Posted by Play

Yahoo has always been great to be honest. They come with images disable from the get go, and any email that goes through them (be it online or through a mail client) has it's IP masked. The same cannot be said for GMAIL which doesn't mask IPs sent through email clients, has to be the GMAIL phone app, or online site.

And one of the preferred e-mails of the scammers though - yahoo

Play · #13 01-15-2018

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Originally Posted by ernest2449

@Play are you sure and is it really true that using an email client (for example my iPhone's "mail" app) will not result in masking my true IP?

Correct. That was the last time I tested it (about a year ago), and the last time I read Google's policy pertaining to this matter.

I would presume it's still the case.

P.S. Not a cause for concern, but better to be safe than sorry.

ernest2449 · #14 01-15-2018

Oh wow! Yes installing Gmail app as we speak. Thanks for that!

ernest2449 · #15 01-15-2018

@Play I would think me using the mail client on my phone actually would be a cause for concern, no? Or maybe not because IP is always changing on phone? What would or wouldn't be the reasons to be concerned? Thanks in advance!

**SaiJin** · #16 01-15-2018

Interesting, I have always steered away from yahoo USA myself.

I'll keep this in mind in the future if I wanna give it a try or so.

Play · #17 01-15-2018

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Originally Posted by ernest2449

@Play I would think me using the mail client on my phone actually would be a cause for concern, no? Or maybe not because IP is always changing on phone? What would or wouldn't be the reasons to be concerned? Thanks in advance!

Not a cause for concern now. As I said, better safe than sorry. Gmail app however would resolve your issue.

@SaiJin - the two email providers are not much different, most people are usually just using their email to see all the paypal payments that are coming in

ernest2449 · #18 01-15-2018

@Play useful info that I don't think many of us were aware of, thank you!

kirkland · #19 01-16-2018

Wow, I must have made 100 gmails over the course of my life using the same IP address. Am I just lucky?

dallis · #20 01-17-2018

Roughly speaking, I also have over 100 gmails....

I try to not think about the problem it would cause if they ever go down...

Kajunrook · #21 01-18-2018

That happened to me and I went on ebay and changed email address to a different one. I think mine was suspended because I offered an item for sale on Craigslist and someone probably was pissed and raised hell. So that was 2 years ago and no issues, it was also an Gmail that I got from a seller on here so maybe he had a lot and that is why they suspended me. Who knows.

**SaiJin** · #22 01-19-2018

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Originally Posted by kirkland

Wow, I must have made 100 gmails over the course of my life using the same IP address. Am I just lucky?

I think he's just the unlucky one, this is the rare occasion I heard of this and I'm like you... I have multiple accounts.