Should I be optimistic or am i fxcked?

[Ray0fLight]

Guys, I have had my stealth account for 6+ years, for personal use unrelated to sales. Mostly receive F&F payments, Pay for purchases and online services, and sometimes make transfers. I logged into my PayPal today to find a notification message message at the top right, clicked on it and this is what it says:

Confirm your identity: To help keep your account secure, you'll need to provide some info and confirm your identity. This'll just take a few minutes to...

I did some search and I can't find anyone bearing the name on my account...remember this is a stealth account. Now I am worried about my chances of beating the verification process. I got quite a bit in that account

[SaiJin]

what were they asking for to confirm it?

[murdered_by_ebay]

are they asking to upload ID?

[Ray0fLight]

Originally Posted by SaiJin

what were they asking for to confirm it?

They are asking for ID

[Ray0fLight]

Originally Posted by murdered_by_ebay

are they asking to upload ID?

yes, they want me to upload ID

[agent006140]

I got quite a bit in that account

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can you spend or transfer the fund to your bank account now?
You said you were using it for F & F,this alone would make Paypal start looking into your account.
you cant find a name in your account?You mean there is no name?what about email address?
If there is no name,you can makeup any name which can be verified with ID?

[murdered_by_ebay]

Originally Posted by Ray0fLight

yes, they want me to upload ID

with a probability of nearly 100% the account is dead , you have one slim chance by sending a stealth ID using the details from your paypal account but they would likely reject it

[resilient]

Originally Posted by murdered_by_ebay

with a probability of nearly 100% the account is dead , you have one slim chance by sending a stealth ID using the details from your paypal account but they would likely reject it

It’s not that simple. This also happened to one of my stealth accounts, which was well established and many years old. The usual method of uploading stealth ID, bills, etc. no longer works. Although it says “Upload ID,” it actually gives you a QR code to scan on your phone, which takes you to facial and ID scanning software — and that’s where stealth effectively ends.

I had recently received a payment for an invoice I’d sent, which I managed to refund, saving the funds. I then had the customer pay using a different method.

If you have any recent payments (within the last three months), you may be able to refund customers and ask them to pay another way.

The only other hope is that after six months of inactivity, PayPal may release the funds for withdrawal. This happened to me with a newer stealth PayPal account that was also blocked for ID verification.

It also appears that, based on several recent attempts, PayPal now runs immediate checks on name, address, and date of birth. If there’s no match, the account is quickly restricted pending ID verification — similar to how eBay handles managed payments.