I lost $639 which I earned online - what should I do...?

Why can you not submit photo ID?

There's a big problem - I entered a fake first name & surname, fake address and fake date of birth for my account as I didn't want to do enter personal details. This is really stupid I know, and I have definitely learned my lesson.

How did your account get "limited"?
There are various methods to make your paypal account verified again.

Your account is not going to be unlimited. I remember I made my Paypal account when I was under 18 to buy something on eBay and when I sent photo ID they limited my account because I made it when I was underage.

I think your best bet is to just phone Paypal and ask what you can do about it. But I really don't understand why you entered fake details. You've put yourself in a really dodgy position.

Yes I did, they said the only way I can remove the limitation is to provide driver license or passport - I have both but the details are completely different to my PayPal account.

Yes, maybe you should explain the "real" situation to them. I doubt you have anything to lose at this point.

Maybe you can recover 90% of the money by providing a 'shopping service'

Ask all of your mates if there's anything they want to buy on Amazon or Ebay and offer them a 10% discount in exchange for cash, you buy their stuff for them using their paypal and they give you 90% of its value in money.

You could make it a lot faster by giving them a 20% or even 30% discount but obviously you will lose more money that way.

Another way is to try and find someone who would sell a cryptocurrency like Bitcoin or Etherium on paypal, you buy the cryptocurrency and exchange it for Sterling through LocalBitcoins or some other exchange

There's a big problem - I entered a fake first name & surname, fake address and fake date of birth for my account as I didn't want to do enter personal details. This is really stupid I know, and I have definitely learned my lesson.

So I have a PayPal account with just over $639 (around £500) which was going to be spent as an investment for a computer game I developed, and ultimately help paying for my University fees - now my account got limited and there's no way for me to withdraw the money without submitting photo ID.

The money was earned through a computer game I developed in my spare time - I am really upset because it took me about 2 months to earn this much, I told my mum about this and she said it was best if I just leave the money in my account as it wasn't worth going through the verification process for PayPal, and that she'd just give me £500 from her bank account instead. I didn't take it because I didn't feel like it was fair on her. But now I realised it'd be much harder to get back to where I was as I have nothing to spend on ads for my game.

I need advice on what I should do... do you think it'd be reasonable to borrow £500 and pay her back in 2-3 months, or just forget about this and concentrate on my A levels (I have 1 more exam to go in 2 weeks time)?

Thanks.