Confirm your identity pseudonym obstacle

Asyriawolf
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Good day,

 

This is a very confusing heldesk, isn't there a way to contact people at Paypal?

 

Anyway, maybe someone here can help I guess..

 

I got an email that says I have to confirm my identity and that my ID needs to be the same as my name on Paypal. Well the problem is, I am a digital artist and use a pseudonym here, as the people that buy art from me are mostly international and I don't want to disclose information like my real name - I have an art name, and value my privacy especially in this digital age. I have no problem showing my ID and whatnot to PayPal, but it won't match my account name.

 

Is there any way to go forward with this? I really need my PayPal to work as this is my only income since I lost my job a couple of months ago.

 

Thank you in advance.

 

Kind regards.

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kernowlass
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@Asyriawolf 

 

You need your legal name to continue using a legal financial paypal account.

If not you won't be able to verify your i.d. and your account would be limited.  


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