Banned from Pay Pal but do not know why

Posted by | July 31, 2007 | Pay Pal

I got banned by Pay Pal and I do no not know why. I been there customer for almost 8 years or more I think now and I spent 1000 of dollars on there fees. With out no warning they just block me and delete my account and say I can never sign up ever again. Here is the first email I got and it does not say anything why I was banned.

Dear X

The PayPal User Agreement states that PayPal, at its sole discretion,
reserves the right to limit an account for any violation of the User
Agreement, including the Acceptable Use Policy.

Under the Acceptable Use Policy, PayPal may not be used to send or receive
payments or donations for obscene or certain sexually oriented goods or
services. The complete Acceptable Use Policy addressing Mature Audiences
can be found at the following URL:

http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/ua/use/index_frame-outside&ed=mature

We are hereby notifying you that, after a recent review of your account
activity, it has been determined that you are in violation of PayPal’s
Acceptable Use Policy regarding Websites in violation,
http://www.prettygirlsthailand.com/and
http://www.bangkoksexy.com/bkksexy/index.php. Therefore, your account has
been permanently limited.

When PayPal closes an account due to an Acceptable Use Policy violation, it
is the company’s policy to hold the funds in the account pending the
resolution of any outstanding Buyer Complaints. Once all Buyer Complaints
have been resolved on the account, PayPal will release any remaining
balance either via bank transfer or issuance of a check. Please log in to
your PayPal account and verify that your account information is accurate,
as PayPal cannot be held responsible for incorrect information provided by
the account holder.

You will need to remove all references to PayPal from your website(s)
and/or auction(s). This includes not only removing PayPal as a payment
option, but also the PayPal logo and/or shopping cart. We thank you in
advance for your cooperation. If you have any questions, please contact
the PayPal Acceptable Use Policy Department at aup@paypal.com.

Sincerely,
PayPal Acceptable Use Policy Department
PayPal, an eBay Company

And here is the second email they sent me

Dear X

We regret to inform you that we cannot overturn the limitation on your
account. Due to the violation of PayPal s Acceptable Use Policy regarding
Mature Audiences, your account has been permanently limited. Please remove
all references to PayPal from your website(s) http://www.bangkoksexy.com/
and http://www.prettygirlsthailand.com/ and/or auction(s). This includes
not only removing PayPal as a payment option, but also the PayPal logo
and/or shopping cart.

Additionally, users whose accounts are permanently limited for violating
the Acceptable Use Policy are barred from future use of PayPal and its
services, and such users are not permitted to open new or additional PayPal
accounts.

If you have any questions, please contact the PayPal Acceptable Use Policy
Department at aup@paypal.com.

Sincerely,
PayPal Acceptable Use Policy Department
PayPal, an eBay Company

PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. & Cie, S.C.A
Société en Commandite par Actions
Registered Office: 5th Floor 22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg
RCS Luxembourg B 118 349

It still does not say anything why and I can find anything on the sites that are against there rules. The sites have been there for maybe 5 years now. I wrote them back and asked why lets see what they answer.

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One Response to “Banned from Pay Pal but do not know why”

  1. Comment made by Yujin on Aug 17th 2008 at 17:18:

    I have similar problem. I have an adult site listed for sale on my site and they mailed saying account is permanently banned. Any way to fix it ?

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