Holy SHIT! They locked my husband's PayPal account!

[Writer]

Has anyone received this message? What could it mean? This is what Mr. Writer sent me...

PayPal as a regulated financial services company is required under law
to assess its customers against certain lists of individuals and
entities which have had sanctions imposed against them. PayPal as a
financial institution is required to comply with these regulations in
multiple jurisdictions where we do business.

Where a potential name match is identified, PayPal's policy is to lock
the account and request further identifying documentation. The decision
to lock your account has been taken solely by PayPal in line with its
compliance policy in regards to the legislation covering financial
sanctions.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. To regain access to
your account, provide the following documentation within the next seven
days:

Does anyone know the number to the ACLU? I'm not kidding. I'm not the activist type but this is terrible.

[Oeditpus Rex]

1. Looks like a scam

Tell him to forward it to [e-mail].

[Maddy McCall]

3. Yes, especially if it came in email.

BTW, what is that in your sig? I must have missed the Jenis thing. :shrug:

[Wcross]

4. Phishing for information-SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM!

I hope nobody gave them the information "requested".

[Writer]

5. Apparently it isn't a spoof.

He called them and discovered that his name, which is as common as "John Smith" has been placed on a terrorist watch list in England!

He now has to send them a copy of his ID as well as a recent utility bill with his name on it (although the util's are listed on my name.)

WTF!!!

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. Did he call an actual PayPal number

or one given in the e-mail?



I apologize in advance if I seem to offend your husband's intellgence. It isn't that at all, but a lot of people do fall for this stuff, as the scammers can be quite clever.

[Writer]

9. My husband's a software engineer and is all over that...

he did call the PayPal number directly off the PayPal site.

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. Okay, good

Guess he's been Homeland Secured, then. :eyes:

[Maddy McCall]

2. Huh?

Is he laundering money in Bogota?
Sell one too many PS3s?

Weird.

[Mz Pip]

6. Sounds like Phishing

Some scammer is trying to get him to give out credit card information.

Log on to the PayPal account directly, not through that email, and I'll bet you'll find that the account is not locked.

Mz Pip:dem:

[Writer]

7. It isn't.

And they're not asking for credit card info. He just needs to let them know that he's in the US and isn't that other guy they're looking for. Good God!