What happens when paypal closes your account? IMPORTANT

**Hurley4540** · Apr 21st, 2008, 4:26 pm

What happens to the money in your account if it gets closed? Do they just like keep it, or send it to your bank?

**dgridley** · Apr 21st, 2008, 4:30 pm

I'd assume it's on a case by case basis..

**Hurley4540** · Apr 21st, 2008, 4:45 pm

Oh, ok...

**dino** · Apr 21st, 2008, 5:23 pm

Why did they close your account? Did you do something wrong?

**Hurley4540** · Apr 21st, 2008, 6:06 pm

Its not my account its my friends.

I send him funds i got in mine because i didnt have it linked to a bank so he helped me transfer funds...but his account got closed and i lost $107...

**dgridley** · Apr 21st, 2008, 6:19 pm

could be your friend just kept your money too..

Originally Posted by Hurley4540

Its not my account its my friends.

I send him funds i got in mine because i didnt have it linked to a bank so he helped me transfer funds...but his account got closed and i lost $107...

**Hurley4540** · Apr 21st, 2008, 7:18 pm

No i saw the email saying its cancelled

**iowadawg** · Apr 21st, 2008, 7:35 pm

They rarely close accounts unless it broke their TOS.

Could be your friend used one of those vc's to get an account.
Lied about his account, where he is at, etc.
EG: not a country supported by paypal, he used a vc, an email based somewhere else, with a bank in a supported country, etc.

Lot of people found out when they used a vc or some odd unknown bank set up to get people paypal account.

**Hurley4540** · Apr 22nd, 2008, 12:07 pm

I dont think its any of those, hes 18 and not wanted lol, cud it be they think the funds are an illegal source?

**grim** · Apr 22nd, 2008, 1:27 pm

PayPals TOS are very 'loose' and allows them to interpret them in such a way that many times you directly are not violating their TOS but they decide to rule you are.

I had an account yanked simply because of a link on one of my sites. Pay Pal had nothing to do with the link, nothing at all, but they still yanked the account for it.

**Hurley4540** · Apr 22nd, 2008, 3:56 pm

Well I lost $107 >_>

**CountryBoy** · Apr 25th, 2008, 10:18 am

As long as you haven't broken any laws you should get your cash... eventually. I believe they mail you a check.

**Hurley4540** · Apr 25th, 2008, 12:06 pm

Oh ok, but now I think someone stole his paypal.. so i dont know..

**dgridley** · Apr 30th, 2008, 10:30 am

I still think (and of course I don't know) your friend has scammed you out of the money somehow.. just sounds fishy.

**Hurley4540** · May 1st, 2008, 1:30 pm

Alright, im not even worried about it much anymore

**burlingman** · May 9th, 2008, 4:02 am

When PayPal closes your account you usually get your money after 180 days. They can close your account for any reason they choose. Mine was closed after a dispute with Ebay, which owns PayPal.