Thank you kindly kernowlass. I appreciate your advice. Unfortunately, I do not use Twitter or Facebook. I have tried to telephone PayPal. But that was just a huge waste of time. I waited on hold while they played a recording that was just a huge commercial for PayPal. They told me all the features and benefits of PayPal. But no one ever answered the phone. After about 20 minutes, I couldn't stand it any more and I gave up and disconnected the call. I have tried sending them messages. But I guess I don't understand how that works. They connected me with some kind of bot that told me if I typed my message a customer service rep would return my message. But then when I tried to exit the app, the bot said the CSR would not be returning my message because I had left the message app. It was very confusing. Here is a brief history of how my problems with PayPal began. Shortly after joining PayPal, I linked my bank account to my PayPal account. I then made several purchases but my PayPal was hacked and someone started making purchases using my bank account. Fortunately, I detected this criminal fraud on the same day it began and I contacted my bank right away. The bank was extremely helpful. They reversed all the criminal transactions and advised me to close my bank account and open a new account. They told me that if I did that and never again gave out my bank account information, the criminals would not be able to make fraudulent purchases using my bank account. I took their advice and have not used PayPal since. Likewise, I have not had any of those kinds of problems since. When I contacted PayPal, I was very disappointed in their response. They treated me as if I was the criminal and just gave me a terrible runaround. I told them to close my PayPal account but they said there was some kind of "issue" that prevented my account from being closed. When I asked them what kind of issue they meant, they said they could not tell me and I would just have to wait a while before the account could be closed. I called them again and again during the next few months. But each time I called and asked to have my PayPal account closed and deleted, they told me the "issue" had not yet been resolved and I should call back again. I found this completely infuriating and insulting. After several months of this runaround, I just got fed up and gave up. I got the feeling that many scurrilous businesses operate this same way. They just expect people to get fed up and then give up. But after three years, PayPal began sending me emial that I consider to be threatening. They say that if I do not use my PayPal account, they will begin to charge me an "INACTIVITY FEE". I never imagined such a ridiculous ploy. I am left speechless except to say that I will never again give PayPal any of my business. How can a company be "well protected" if my financial information was stolen after only two months of using their service? Now PayPal has begun to send me emails that I consider threatening. They tell me that if I do not start using my PayPal account again, they will have to charge me an Inactivity Fee. They will not cancel my PayPal account. But they will charge me a fee if I do not use it again? How can I ever get my PayPal account deleted.
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