Paypal banned me. I wasn't even using the account for anything related to my sex work - which, might I remind you, is fully legal.
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Oh it's possible it's cause I wasn't using my legal name? But I'm extremely afraid to use my legal name for safety reasons - I have stalkers trying to find me in person.
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For some reason it never occurred to me that Aella wasn't your real name lmao. When you talk to yourself in your head do you say Aella or your legal name?
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So i just read the user agreement, and while it doesn't explicitly state it, it strongly implies you have to provide your personal information, and that they order various reports to confirm your identity.
This is almost certainly the reason it was cancelled.
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Yeah, the legal name thing is likely it. That’s why the name on my PayPal is still my deadname. They’ll only allow me to change it if I have proof of a legal name change.
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i thought the entire point of paypal is to remain anonymous, at least to the point of reasonable doubt
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It's been pretty well established that PayPal, along with a number of other companies with restrictive policies, will work to track & match your IDs and if you do anything "BANNED" under another name they'll kick you off their service. AirBnB does it to adult workers too.
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Ah that very well could be it. I'm not 100% sure but I think you're able to use Venmo with an assumed name, but It's owned by PayPal so might be screwed that way too. Might be worth a look.