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Knowing why PayPal froze your account has a lot to do with how to get it unfrozen. 

Based on others stories and experiences, here are some possible reasons:

• you have more than one PayPal account, or PayPal thinks you have more than one PayPal account.
• you clicked on a link in an email that you thought was from PayPal, but it really was a phishing scam.
• you moved into a house or apartment that used to be occupied by a con artist who used PayPal to steal.
• you got a new phone number, one used by a con artist who used PayPal to steal.
• you use an ISP that assigned you an IP that was used by a con artist who used PayPal to steal.
• you paid someone, like a con artist who used PayPal to steal.
• someone paid you, like a con artist who used PayPal to steal.
• your name and/or address is similar to a con artist who used PayPal to steal.
• you sold something to someone who questioned it's authenticity.
• you bought something from someone who had someone else question the integrity of what they sold to you.
• you registered a bank account or credit card that someone else used one time.
• you accessed PayPal at a friends house one time, and that friends account was frozen.
• your friend used your computer to access their PayPal account, which was later frozen.
• you sold an item that is a common item often sold by con artists who used PayPal to steal
• you bought an item that is a common item often sold by con artists who use PayPal to steal
• you accessed PayPal via an anonymous proxy service.
• you sent more than $2000 to someone.
• you received more than $2000 from someone.
• you participated (knowingly, or unknowingly) in the "work at home" money shuffling scam.
• you sent money to someone in foreign country that PayPal considers "evil."
• you received money from someone in a foreign country that PayPal considers "evil."
• you used your PayPal ATM card in a foreign country that PayPal considers "evil."
• your account was "corrupted" by a criminal posing as a PayPal employee.