I've been sent the paypal account of an email scammer. How do I report their account?
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I have the paypal account used by an email scammer trying to scam innocent people out of their money. I need to know how to report this account to stop future scams from them.
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Hello @StateOfTheArt,
Welcome to our community help forum!
Thanks for bringing this to our attention! Our internal system will always reviews every account and if there's any issue found, we will take necessary actions towards the account. Here is how to report a concern that may violate our Acceptable Use Policy through the Website:
Click Legal at the bottom of the page.
Click PayPal Acceptable Use Policy.
Select report under Violations of the Acceptable Use Policy.
Again, thank you for bringing this matter to our attention.
Bindu

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