Hello @Temp20230918a
Thank you for writing in the PayPal Help Community and welcome!
I understand your concern about not able to access the money sent by your friend to your PayPal account. If you have confirmed email address, any money sent to your PayPal account will be available in your PayPal balance. If you only have email confirmation and no transaction history, please check that the payment was sent to the correct email address which is registered in your PayPal account. Updating the app's location doesn't effect the payments received to your account.
Unclaimed payments would be in pending status in the sender's account and you can ask your friend to cancel the pending payment and sent it again to your PayPal account. Since you don't see any activity in your account, you can also check whether the email notification you have received is a legit one. Here's the article with the information on how to spot a fake, fraudulent, or phishing PayPal email or website.
Best wishes,
Bindu
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