PayPal Suddenly Limited My Account
Hey everyone.
A few days ago I started making a lot of sales on eBay and out of sudden I tried to fulfill an order through PayPal and found out it was limited. I cannot send of receive payments.
To lift the limitation I had to submit information about some transactions I've made in the past few days.
So I sent the information and received an email saying something like this.
'' PayPal is committed to complying with and meeting its global regulatory
obligations. As part of our regulatory obligations, we regularly screen
information and payments transacting through the PayPal system. During
one of these screenings, we noticed an issue concerning a recent
transaction.
To resolve the compliance inquiry in a timely fashion, PayPal is
requesting that you provide the following information:
On XXX DATE, you sent a payment (Transaction ID) for the amount
of $xx.xx for, "X Customer" Please provide the following information:
• The date of birth for Customer
Your payment has been held until this issue is resolved. This hold
cannot be removed until PayPal receives the requested information that
will enable us to ensure our compliance with our regulatory obligations.''
I messaged the customer asking for his date of birth and of course he will never give me those details.
So I called PayPal explaining the situation and the rep told me everything was fine on my side, that the problem could be the customer. And then the rep said this case will be escalated to a senior rep and that it might take up to 5 business days to be resolved, and also said that they can't hold my account for some information that I cannot obtain. At the end of the call the rep asked If I was dropshipping? Of course I said no. The rep at ALL times was nice to me and never said that something was wrong with my activity.
The transaction that is causing this issue is a purchase I've made to a supplier with the details of the customer. So it is a Dropshipping transaction indeed.
So the fact that they are asking for the date of birth of the customer is because they know that If I am a Dropshipper I won't be able to provide it? Are they playing with me right now? Or Am I tripping lol?
What do you think and What should I do? How to get around this issue?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Last edited by JAwaken; 05-10-2020 at 12:53 PM.
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