Hey there. I am in a really sticky situation. I am from the Philippines and I tried to transfer my Paypal funds through a Xoom account (a Paypal-like service in our country that allows money to be picked up or deposited into your bank account). However, I was not able to do so and when I went back to the My Account Overview page, it said that my account was already limited! So I cannot send and request payments, etc and I need to add a credit card and send documents. However, (and I know this is my fault) I did not use my real name and address. As I have read in the other "limited paypal account" threads, I may be able to withdraw my funds after 180 days. But how exactly can I do that if I have entered fake info? Can I use VMI or other methods... I am not really familiar with this. I hope someone can help me to resolve this. Thanks in advance. By the way, my Paypal account is unverified.
First Of all Add a real Address. then Delete the old address. Add a VCC in your account. Submit a Bank Statement with your real address. Add a Photo Id proof.. Then you can have your money back
I don't think you can ever withdraw funds from your PayPal as you have fake info. You can't edit the last name I think...
I never entered a Fake Name .. Just a Fake Address in one of my account which was limited .. Then I added an Address the real one .. Delted the old address. Added VCC and My Account Got unlimited in 7 days.
Thanks for your replies. Ok... so even if I changed my address to the real one and added a VCC and submitted a bank statement with my correct address and photo ID proof, I would still NOT be able to have the limited status of my account taken off -- since i used a fake name? Does the name on the bank account have to match the name in Paypal? Or is it enough that the addresses on Paypal and the bank account match?
Yes that is true. Yes the name on your bank account must match exactly to the name on your Paypal account. This is for your protection as they do not want someone else stealing your money. Since you use fake name and address, there is no way to proof that you are real. Paypal requires you to use real and accurate data and if they find something which does not match, they will limit your account and have you submit documentation to proof that what you provided is 100% accurate. In your case, just take it as an expensive lessons for using fake information and move on from there. You will no longer have access access to the money. Even after 180 days, Paypal will only let you withdraw to exactly the name provided in your paypal account. I supposed your only option might be to go to your High Court and get your name changed legally to your fake name so that you will have the necessary details to withdraw your money.
If you have some contacts in Bank then you can open a account in the name of person which name is present in your Paypal Account and then you may be able to withdraw amount to your other account but I do not think so that is possible or Bank's would allow that.
Yeah, the banks would not do that as they are bounded by laws. If the employee which helped you is found out, he would lose more than just his job. No, after your account is unlimited because the limitation expires in 180 days, it is not officially unlocked and it is still limited, your only option is to withdraw the money and you cannot transfer to another account or even spend it online. They still deem that your account is in violation of your contract with them. Why did you use fake name and address anyways. I am sure that you are a smart enough person to know that that is a wrong thing to do and that you are intelligent enough to have read the contractual agreement before signing up. There is no way of getting away with a big thing such as this.
Please refer to this thread http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=559252 Tulip4heaven kindly provided the email from paypal after the 180 days limitation and it reads You will in the end still need to provide the necessary documentary proof to fully lift all the limitations from your account which includes transferring the funds to another account.