Also found this post looking for a way to just turn off money requests, or only allow money requests specifically from contacts. I am a tech savvy person, but I'm still quite nervous about accidentally clicking on the "send this person £1000 that they're trying to scam from you" button which is right next to the cancel button. I shouldn't receive these requests in the first place. It shouldn't be possible for strangers to request money from me. And if I did have the option enabled, there should be the option to report abuse of the system, block the person, and it should be made significantly clearer whether or not you have actually cancelled the request and that payment is not being taken! I'm also contemplating closing my PayPal account that's 12 years old over this, because I don't want to have to deal with losing money, or the threat of it. It's unacceptable from PayPal.
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