How to Restore Paypal Account

Paypal often blocks account due to following reasons -

1. If you have too much money transfer (anything above $500 raises the flag) in very short period and you are unverified paypal account member
2. You have changed your Country and paypal blocks accounts which are accessed from 2 countries for security reasons.
3. If they have got a complaint from your buyer/seller than the account may get blocked until the case gets resolved.
4. If paypal finds that Multiple accounts are being opened/used from Same IP than too they will block it until you resolve the case.

These are just some of the basic cases for which paypal blocks account, the list can have many more reasons though. Anyway if paypal account has got blocked for any reason, here is what you have to do -

How to Restore Paypal Accounts ?

To Restore paypal account, follow these steps -

1. Call Paypal and Don't waste time in mailing them. Their phone number is +1-402-935-2050. The total call may take more than 20-30 minutes but should solve the issue unlike mails which takes days to reply and most of them are just automated.

2. If you had an unverified Paypal Account, paypal will first ask you to verify it. This is done to make sure you are even worthy enough for manual review since most of the frauds can't provide the real address and identity proof.

Paypal asks for 2 things to verify your paypal account which you need to fax them,
a) Your Address Proof - For Address Proof you can attach your Phone Bill, Electricity Bill or Bank Statement which has your name on it.
b) Your Identity Proof -For Identity Proof you can attach either your scanned Passport or Voter ID card any such document.

Do note that many times paypal reject certain documents if they feel like they are not trustworthy enough. Sometimes its better to send them more than 1 document to show your credibility.

After sending the documents, paypal also ask you to enter your Credit Card information (so you better have a credit card) as the issue won't be resolved until you provide your credit card info to paypal.

3. After getting your account verified, again call them and tell them your part of the story. If you are honest (dishonest people normally don't go through all this process), your account will again be restored in 2-3 days.