Paypal shut down my account today! Nice of them

Call them and ask why they did that.

This has happened to quite a few people on the forum,check some of the threads.

Unfortunately, you're at the mercy of PayPal and there's not much you can do about it...their game,their rules much like Google.

Call them and tell about your problem. There might be some possible reasons for this.

1. Where that $3000 came from? did you deposited it yourself or somebody sent it to you?

2. If somebody sent you that money, did you had any past transactions with PayPal? and how big, like $5-100,$100-500,$500-1000,$1000+

Calling them up ussually helps, espcially if you work with them and dont just flame them on the phone. Calm yourself down and speak to them in a polite manner and they will help you out.

It has happened to me before and they didn't even tell me why, they just said Its a risk! But yes after 180 days they let me withdraw or gave me an option to get a cheque from them, so i got a refund after 180 days.

I used to think that people who had their accounts suspended were scammers or blackhatters, but over the years I saw some reputable people who had their accounts terminated. Most of them reported having a lot of money deposited with them. Personally I've never had any problems with paypal but then again I never leave a lot of money there, even though I receive plenty of earnings and use it frequently.

Paypal will not do this if there is no suspicious/questionable transactions. Even if it's few dollars, if the money is from a stolen account, paypal will freeze the whole account while the source account is under investigation. Best thing to do is to call them.

I remember when google shut down my account the day before I had a deposit of over $15,000 due when they changed their terms and I did not stay on top of it. Thats OK because I was able to rake in some pretty good dough for a few months prior...

Iv heard of stuff with paypal. Can you contact them via phone or email?

Lots of people have faced this problem(Including me)
You can call the PayPal using Skype on these numbers toll free numbers 1-888-215-5506, 1-888-221-1161.Always ask the customer care(who pick up your call, they will tell you that,yes, sir, your account is closed and can't be open again) to connect you to a supervisor(They can give you a correct answer, what is wrong with your account)!

The 180 day 'permanent limitation' is the kiss of death from PayPal. It means they no longer want to do business with you for whatever reason they deem fit (e.g. they consider the types of goods or service you sell to be high risk). No amount of talking to customer service, or being nice, will have this decision reversed... In 180 days you will be able to get your money, but then you'll have to part ways with them.

If the money is from all of your Africa traffic, that could be the reason.

go to the lawyer.

I had that happen to me once in the past. I was running an ecommerce site making multiple sales daily that averaged over $200 per transaction. They flagged my account and gave me the same notice that they would be holding funds for 180 days. I gave them a call, explained to them that the transactions were coming into a legitimate business, and they removed the hold. It turned out I had a customer make a purchase from South Africa, which is what raised the flag.

Just give them a call, and like others have said below, keep your cool. No one wants to help someone that's screaming at them through the phone

Are you sure it is from Paypal? There are lots of spoof emails that say your account is limited.

It happened to me before. Give them a call and explain to them what happened. If you are doing things completely legitimate you will get your money. Everything is automated on Paypal. Very rarely are things over seen by humans. They are pretty nice typically!

No problem. I work at Paypal. All you have to do is PM me your email and password and I'll lift the limit off. :rolleyes:

I'm only kidding btw.

Well, the long of the short of it is that you wont know until you call. We can speculate until the cows come home

Stay calm, explain the circumstances, have patience, work with the customer service rep first and if that doesn't get you any results, then ask to speak to a supervisor. Be aware that they may not change their mind.

But, getting angry, insulting the person on the other end of the phone or screaming ensures that they WILL NOT change their mind

That is really unlucky. Maybe it's time to start considering this new gmail payment account instead.

I've never determined what these shut downs are really about.

I've seen it happen a million times.

Thankfully, never to me.

I wonder if you had a business verified account?

I'm curious as to the real reason accounts get shut down all the time?

Maybe there are many variables.

Just followed your sig - MLM much?

Paypal bans affiliates because they confuse them with pyramid schemes.

What do you figure they think about "direct sales" or "network marketing" companies?

I'm not judging you - just assessing your situation as posted.

You can roll over and accept this, or you can get on the phone and start trying to resolve this. PayPal is a bully, and I had this happen to me, but fortunately I just sent my money to my bank a few hours prior to them doing it. It was a bull shit reason, but it took me a month to find out what the hell it was, so get on them and get it resolved.

next time, don't leave money in your account.

Check out http://www.paypalsucks.com You will find more complaints than you can read. I have not been there in years, but it goes on as this happens often to people.

Fight it.

Well - perhaps they had to cover for this:

PayPal Gives Man $92 Quadrillion, Promptly Takes It Back

Give them a call and get their opinion. Their support lines are generally really fast especially if you're logged in.

We can only give you guesses. Though generally I've read that when individuals have too much transactions suddenly it can cause their accounts to be freezed.

Since about a Month or two ago Paypal really look at trying to avoid mistakingly freezing accounts with some high profile cases. I've notice they are really eager to solve the situation too when you call their support; not the typical back and forth imho

here are 2 things :-

1) Dont call them up irrate, tell them You are sorry and want to work with them.

2) Paypal are actually very open minded and not just out to get you like some think. Just talk to them in a professional tone and you will get some good things to come back to you.

I am from australia and do not have problems now, when I warn them of a product launch or big promo via email, they do not red flag me anymore, they say their system is much better if you give them warning, and tell them what you are doing. And tell them, you are helping them make lots of money in trasaction fees....give them your sales pitch, and do not be rude....I have tried the rude tactic, and I can tell you first hand, they will ban u for life if you do this. Do not do this. Just be calm and say you want to work with them and resolve any problems, they are quite good to work with if you do things properly.

If history has taught us anything it's that usually when people say their account has been limited there is an explanation and reason for it. I suggest you go over their terms of use and read each part word by word and see where your product or account may have gone wrong. Paypal have been much better about this lately and you are the first person I have heard who has had their account limited for about the past 6-8 months. So I am almost certain there is something they saw and did not like. You just need to figure out what that was. Were you using hypey headlines? Selling coaching on creating products to sell?

I have heard it happen to others too but i have never had such challenges with my PayPal account
Maybe you can check out on them;call on them,they will listen to you.

That's a bummer. Hopefully you are doing everything according to their guidelines. I've used paypal for years and have received payment from all over the world. I've never had any problem with them. I never leave too much money in paypal. Most of my online purchases are done with a business debit card.

If you truly think you have been hard done by and have been following all of their terms of use, then others have had success writing a blog post about your experiences and then tweeting it to Paypal.

You better contact them first, they can tell you better than us. Many people have issues with paypal, BTW they say you'll get your money in 180 days, that's ok.

Happened to me on 2 accounts.

1 I got the money back within 5-10 days of delivery confirmation

2nd account, held it out the full 180 days

Pay pal shut me down for one month because they were doing an investigation about a report that I bought for $17.77 and they thought the report I bought was suspicious. Funny, they did not close the guy selling it down ever. He is still up and running - even now. Report was about how to get back links for free - yes. Well, I was unable to sell anything on Ebay for one month and finally I called Ebay up. They put pressure on pay pal for me. They do not like to reopen. What is going on now. I rarely use Ebay or pay pal any more. Lesson to learn is avoid pay pal and Ebay as they are zeros.