Unlocking limited account after turning 18
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I created my account many years ago when I was 17. I had used my account occasionally, but just a few months ago, I've started selling on ebay and soon after, my account got limited due to total profits exceeding €2500. After a month long process of submitting required documents back and forth to prove my identity and whatnot, an agent realised that I wasn't 18 back then and restricted my account from sending and receiving money. He advised me to close this account and to create new one, but also that I would need to use different email for that....
It's been years since I've been using this account with this certain email address and this address is associated with my accounts through several sites on the internet. It is practically impossible for me to switch to a new account. My profile is now 100% verified and I am pretty tired after all this. I have read here on the forums about other minors who are to turn 18, that they should come back and their accounts will be unlocked.
Can you please advise me what to do to keep my account, or to transfer ALL my credentials, including bank accounts, cards, legal documents and pending or recurring transactions to a new account? Apart from that, it also has all the transaction history in it...
If unlocking or transferring isn't an option, I need to know what would happen if I accidentally receive funds to "my old" account..?
Thanks for any tips
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