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lesson learned: confirm your card BEFORE withdrawing..
 

I got my first account limited in around 2 years now ...and it's probably my own fault. I withdrew about $70,000 from this account in 2 years without ever being limited. About 6 months ago, the credit card on the account expired and I didn't care. Even then, I could still withdraw several thousand dollars. A few days ago, I added a new credit card and did the 4-digit verification thingy. When I logged in, it asked me to verify the 4-digit code a few days later ..I didn't and went to withdraw $20 (yes $20 only) and in the same minute the PayPal account was limited, asking me to confirm the 4-digit code (doh!) and tracking numbers for the sales, nothing more. They don't want ID or passport or drivers license or anything, just the 4-digit code and tracking numbers, but still the account is limited for now.

So what's the reason of this post? Always verify your card when adding a new one, before withdrawing.

The funny thing is, I've been withdrawing for months, thousands of dollars, without any credit card linked to the account. Only when adding a new card and not confirming it, PayPal probably treated the account like a new account pending verification again and limited it.

Mind if I ask on which paypal site you are working this particular account? .com? Asking before I submit some recent attribuable experience.

.com yes, but it's not a US account. It's definitely got to do with the card not being confirmed. I've been withdrawing several hundred dollars every few days for nearly 2 months on this account without being limited, then I withdraw a small amount after adding a new card (without confirming it) and I get limited within the same minute at 2am (so it's automatic, no PayPal monkey involved).

My conclusion therefor is, when you add a new card, you need to confirm it before withdrawing, no matter if the account has been confirmed before.