Okay so last night after signing up for various food delivery apps (Postmates, Grubhub, Uber Eats, ETC) I checked them all if they accepted PayPal. I downloaded them all at the same time and checked them within a short period of time with my PayPal, and I guess when I tried selecting PayPal as a payment for GrubHub, it said error, and then said it again for UberEats, and after that it had said some suspicious activity had been led through my account. (I have no doubt that it was me rummaging through delivery apps, which I now regret...) I proceeded to the PayPal website on my phone; and to my horror, my account was locked. They asked me to confirm my identity via phone number, photo ID, address confirmation, etc. I completed that step. Now they want me to confirm my credit card. Now the only "credit card" or even just a card alone was a prepaid Visa given to me for my birthday. I added it to my account a couple months ago, and I thew the card in the bin (I don't need it anymore since I spent all the money on it, plus it I really did need it, I had it loaded on my PayPal. ) But I guess they want me to confirm that card with a bank statement issued to it, which is simply impossible since it is a prepaid gift card. How do I bypass this? Now it won't let me do anything, I am locked other than simply LOOKING at my account, which is really frustrating since I needed PayPal to buy myself lunch for the next upcoming weeks... Help please! I want to be able to also find an alternative, am I able to add a new ACTUAL Credit card and validate that? The PayPal system is counting the prepaid card as a credit card for some reason. Another weird thing is that it claimed to not detect my device, which is odd since I sign into PayPal on my phone probably more or equal to my computer, maybe since it was through a third party? (Actually submitting this from my phone too) Signing in with UberEats didn't look like the PayPal website, and it might be that? Well I hope some of you have some solutions. I would call but I simply don't have the time today and I'm looking for a quick answer. I might call when I have the time if I don't get an answer though. Thank you so much!
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