Paypal EU Anti-Money Laundering

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Robin H

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Got an issue here:
Paypal said:
PayPal is constantly working to ensure security by regularly screening the accounts in our system. We recently reviewed your account, and we need more information to help us provide you with secure service. We would like to return your account to regular standing as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience.

22 Mar 2010: You have received €1 800,00 EUR or more in total payments to your PayPal account.PayPal is required by law to comply with European Union Anti-Money Laundering regulations by collecting information from customers when they receive more than the set limit in total payments. These steps need to be completed within 180 days to comply with this regulation.
If you have any trouble completing the steps, please feel free to contact Customer Service on 070 359 905.
We appreciate your business and apologize for any inconvenience.

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How do you guys deal with this?
I'm not really being legit I guess
 
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I got the same message a while back but they just asked for id & proof of adress, wich i provided :P Got my account frozen later on thought, but that was a diffrent matter.
 
Nope i was quite suprised they didnt maybee they looked at the payments i recived most where from affiliationcash and smilar sites so that kinda explains how i make the money.
 
Yeah seems like it :/

But i hope you where not as unlucky as me as i had alot of money in my account, but 6 months after its frozen they open it up again so you can deposit the money to a bank account.
 
They will ask for:

Your ID card / or legitimation
Utility bill
Creditcard or Bank statement.

As soon as you have done this your Paypal account will be restored. If you do not do this you need to wait for them to limit your account ENTIRELY and then you need to wait for 180 days. After 180 days you will get an option to withdraw your money. In that option you will be able to insert a bank account of your liking.
 
You should not be asking him that as a hosting provider :)

Ontopic: 1800 EUR is around 2500$. This is the limit set by the United States as an international money laundering rule. The EU has adapted this rule. It has nothing to do with Paypal itself.
Normally I would love to blame Paypal but this really is a United States international policy.
 
<snip>They will ask for:
Your ID card / or legitimation
Utility bill
Creditcard or Bank statement.
</snip>

At the screenshot they also ask for business info.
The ID etc is no problem.

Its just that I dont really 'own' a business. I dont really pay taxes on what I earn on the internet
 
You dont have to proof that to them. Just send the other 3 requirements.

Bank / cc statement
Utility bill (proof of address)
ID Card

The business information is NOT required by Paypal. It would mean just inserting a name into their system. The only reason for this is there are 10.000s of types of businesses wich DO NOT require a SEPERATE tax number. These business types are setup so the owners pay the taxes directly from their personal "tax" number. In my country The Netherlands this is for example a SOFI number. If you get a job, the employer also needs this number to pay you. Evefry person, of every country, allready has a TAX number. This is not necessarily your company tax number.

OFFTOPIC: Having your company registered as a tax payer does not always mean you need to lose your money. If you are an international trader you most likely will get ONLY BENEFITS from your tax office. Since products you buy in your own country you will pay tax on allready at the store. If you sell them internationally you wont get tax benefits from your international clients. This means you can request the money back from the tax office wich you paid earlier for the products you bought in your own country for sales.
If you are selling for example laptops, this could run in the 100s per sale. Wich you will get back from the tax office.
The tax on actual profit you draw to your personal account only applies if you would indeed MAKE the profit and put it on your personal account (from business)
 
thats just normal after you receive a certain amount.

I wouldn't say you have a business (for tax reasons)
Complete the other stuff 1st and email them.
 
Bit outdated now,
But i've got the same issue due to me sending 1.7k pounds - i've just sent them all the info and waiting for them to fix it.
What fucks me off is; you can recieve all the money in the world but you cant fucking spend it :@
 
one should write articles about how to use paypal and the limits as i still don't know about the countries have such limits and what is the exact limit. is it per month or per transaction?
 
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