cdcyclist t1_iqwlzys wrote on October 3, 2022 at 5:08 PM

They've been telling me for years now that paypal has 4000 bucks for me.

I spent hours on the phone trying to chase it down at first. It's entirely likely since I had a business attached to paypal once upon a time but that business email is long gone and I have no record of that paypal login, and can't reset the pw because the phone is also long gone where they want to send a code. Paypal claims they have no such record at all when I call them. I've given up on it but they love to keep reminding me now and then.

princess-smartypants t1_iqxkju3 wrote on October 3, 2022 at 8:47 PM

If you found this on findmassmoney, PayPal doesn't have the money anymore, they turned it over to the state in your name. Follow up with the state.

cdcyclist t1_iqxv4gh wrote on October 3, 2022 at 9:59 PM

I actually re-did the request again just for the hell of it. I can't remember how or why I got tripped up last time. I think the state was asking for some proof I couldn't provide? Maybe like a paypal statement or something. There was some reason I had to talk to paypal but we'll see.

katieleehaw t1_ir068ky wrote on October 4, 2022 at 11:46 AM

Why are you chasing it down? Did you fill out the state claim form? The process is very simple.

cdcyclist t1_ir072oi wrote on October 4, 2022 at 11:55 AM

I recall that the state required some kind of proof from paypal that I didn't have. Well it was either paypal or the bank I had connected to the paypal account. This was over a decade ago and the bank had long since been merged into some other bank. So all the records were long gone when I also tried asking the bank.

I resubmitted the claim yesterday for the hell of it. I will probably hit the same walls but we'll see.

katieleehaw t1_ir0x65c wrote on October 4, 2022 at 3:15 PM

Ah, ok. Maybe it varies. I found two things for me, neither required me to prove anything other than my identity.