Paypal wanting copies of documents

[Lynn]

I have used the same paypal account for about 17 years.

Someone sent me $50 recently. I have never had to "claim" money, but the message from paypal says I need to claim it. When I try to claim it, it says I can transfer to my bank for a fee. Don't ever remember a fee to send money to my bank from my pp account.

The other option is to leave it in my pp account, which is fine with me, as I am sure I will spend it in a day or two. But... to do so, they say they need additional verification from me. Although, they just debited my bank account for $658.75 for a purchase, and they sure didn't need any further "verification" for that.

They want a pic of the front of my driver's license. OK, no big deal. Then they want a pic of my SS card (which I haven't had since it got washed in 1971. Left it in my jeans.

In lieu of that, I can send them a copy of the front page of a "third party prepared tax return" to verify the last four of my social. I am not willing to give that up for two reasons. I do my own taxes, so I don't even HAVE third party prepared return. And secondly, it is none of their f'ing business.

I am nowhere near the threshold for money received for them to need to report (something like $20k). I don't actively sell much, and any big ticket items I do sell are not done through paypal. Why would I pay 3% on a $1000 transaction when I can just take a check for free?

Anyone else dealing with paypal issues?