Hi, I have a 4 year old active adsense account which I didnt use since a very long time (3 years). I still have money in it which was not withdrawn. I stopped using it long ago and took down all the ads because I was scared someone/something/bot was clicking my ads which could get me banned. I never clicked my own ads ever. I saw google visiting my site but never mailed me any warnings/advice anything at all. So if I start using the adsense account now and reach payment threshold, what are the chances at the time of payment that I can get banned?? Secondly, what if I would like to get the payment (my old earnings is a lil below 100) now without closing the account with a request email to adsense team?? Right now I am only interested to get the money which I earned long ago either by reaching the 100usd threshold or requesting adsense team to send me cheque of watever I earned. I am okay with closing the account now but dont want to get banned because in future if I ever feel like having sites I should be able to either use my present account or sign up newly (in case present account in closed, not banned). Please advice me. Thanks everyone.