I see a lot of threads started by guys whose PayPal accounts got limited, i.e. frozen. In most cases they don't explain in detail why the account got limited. Do PayPal most often limit accounts because of ToS violations, or because of disputes/chargebacks? Does anyone know what typically tends to trigger the limitation? Is it large deposits coming in, or large payments going out, or someone filing a complaint, or something else entirely?
THey mostly limit accounts due to chargebacks or disputes. Other than that they limit when a new account gets much amount of money. And also when someone tries to open PayPal via proxy or from a non PayPal supported country. - Digital -
Paypal would limit the account under disputes and also if they become suspicious of the authenticity of the owner of the account or his transactions! Regards, RightMan
Wonderful article for common reasons for your paypal account to become limited. hooverwebdesign.com/articles/reasons-why-paypal-account-becomes-limited.html DON.
There are lot of reasons paypal may limit your account. If they found suspicious activties, VCC on the account. etc....
Paypal will limit your account if they suspect foul play on you account. Sudden change in access IP, VCC usage, charge backs by customers etc
Recently my account was limited, But I gave every details which they asked. Within 1 day, they removed limitation. The reason was about a $200 transaction. I withdraw it ASAP when i receive it, it may be a security reason. Anyway the problem is corrected. I'm happy about that! Blog.
I see, any idea what causes them to become suspicious - I've noted comments about IP and VCC usage, is that the consensus? I did verify using a VCC - it takes about 2 months to get statements from banks in this country - I suppose that was a mistake. I see you guys agree about VCC's... You mean using VCC to verify? Or is just keeping it in the account bad - is it better to remove it? Basically she is saying "don't use the account" Thanks for the link though, much appreciated. I wish a real investigative journalist with the ability to get info from PayPal, from the Times or Reuters or wherever, would cover this topic. *sigh* Congrats on getting it de-limited... That transaction - you mean you withdrew it to your bank account the same day after you received it? How do you know that triggered the issue, you mean you never did that before? I thought most people withdraw money after receiving it, isn't that what you're supposed to do???
Fars i know, Paypal only limits accounts due to issues with charge backs or disputed credit history for the person in question =]
My paypal account gets limited everytime I use my debit card. They have a third party monitoring service that is not very good at all. they will also limit your account if you have a refund pending with no funds. Hard to add funds if your account is limited, but thats paypal for you. Also, if you have a dispute that you have no resolved in a timely fashion. If you have multiple accounts with the same social security information, or even email address they have been known to limited those accounts too.
The possible situations are fraudulent transaction, multiple personal or premium accounts, not verified users etc.
Based on the many posts here from people trying to open accounts from non-supported countries, I suspect this happens quite often. Here is the official list of what can cause your account to be limited: https://www.paypal.com/ph/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/ua/policy_closing-outside
I don't think it's the amount of money transacted but a high rate of disputes and chargebacks make paypal to limit the account.
No, but some people seem to be using VCC's to sign up from non-permitted countries, or are buying dodgy VCCs from hacked accounts. Both of those would obviously be against the ToS.
Yeah, if that's true then it's really shoddy programming. They should do that only if the hacked account and your account were accessed from the same IP, or at least from the same city.