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		PayPal: It may be your account, but you aren’t going to use it (ayende.com)
		6 points by rayvega on May 15, 2009 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

algul on May 16, 2009 [–]

If you call Paypal with a US phone number and a foreign IP number, especially when the IP number is linked to a country with loose money laundering rules, you are going to have problems.

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