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<p>[QUOTE="THCoins, post: 1982097, member: 57364"]I have personal experience with paypal regarding an transaction involving a coin from the 12th century AD. This happened to be minted in a town that is currently in Iran. I have one advice for the topic starter: do not put to much energy in this, it is a waste of effort. I have done it before, and just got computer generated standard reply mails. Even their initial accusation contained factual errors. No single reply to counter my evidence that their interpretation of the law was wrong, including direct OFAC support for this.</p><p>(By the way even the names under their e-mails are likely fake. Makes it look more personal. You can never get in touch with these people in person) They blocked all further possibility for appeal until i would have signed a declaration that i was aware that i was guilty of the violation of which i was accused. My account was suspended for several months. And then all of a sudden, they ended this again without any word of explanation or excuse.</p><p>PayPal already knows all your arguments.</p><p>From the other viewpoint; If you look at the relevant US legislation parts: paypal is under legal obligation to install spying software to monitor all possible illegal transactions. Also those which according to international law and treaties are outside the US's jurisdiction. As a non-US citizen i may look differently upon this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="THCoins, post: 1982097, member: 57364"]I have personal experience with paypal regarding an transaction involving a coin from the 12th century AD. This happened to be minted in a town that is currently in Iran. I have one advice for the topic starter: do not put to much energy in this, it is a waste of effort. I have done it before, and just got computer generated standard reply mails. Even their initial accusation contained factual errors. No single reply to counter my evidence that their interpretation of the law was wrong, including direct OFAC support for this. (By the way even the names under their e-mails are likely fake. Makes it look more personal. You can never get in touch with these people in person) They blocked all further possibility for appeal until i would have signed a declaration that i was aware that i was guilty of the violation of which i was accused. My account was suspended for several months. And then all of a sudden, they ended this again without any word of explanation or excuse. PayPal already knows all your arguments. From the other viewpoint; If you look at the relevant US legislation parts: paypal is under legal obligation to install spying software to monitor all possible illegal transactions. Also those which according to international law and treaties are outside the US's jurisdiction. As a non-US citizen i may look differently upon this.[/QUOTE]
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