<prompt> Human: Like the title says, I had two eBay buyers that bought a listing that I had for an account on a popular game. They were both scammers and just looking to get access to the account before the money cleared, and eBay closed both transactions because they were suspicious accounts. However, they didnt refund the money, and almost a year later, Ive still got around 3k in my PayPal from these transactions which ended up clearing.x200B;What can I do with the money? Can I keep it, or do I need to report it to PayPal and have them take it out? Id love to have an extra bunch of money, but I also dont want to have to pay it back if I spend it and PayPal takes it away. Any advice is appreciated.x200B;Edit: Just wanted to add a few notes and clarify some questionsThe money has cleared and is in my PayPal balance, as it has been for the last year. I have no way to get in contact with the buyers, and they have not contacted me at all, or requested a chargeback. Currently, the transactions say that I should add tracking information or proof of sending the item, but eBays instructions clearly said not to send the item to the buyer since their account had been suspended. x200B;Why were there two separate buyers?Essentially, both eBay accounts were flagged by eBay after they purchased it as being suspicious buyers, typically for fake nameaddressother information. The issue is, I couldnt refund the money because their eBay accounts were suspended and the only way to process a refund like that is to cancel the transaction on eBay, who takes care of the refund. I then forgot I had the money in my PayPal and didnt do anything about it it, so cue today when I realized I probably needed to figure this out. The reason there were two separate buyers was the way eBay handles fraudulent purchases like that - they ban the account and allow you to relist the item since it wasnt really bought. In this case, though, they had sent the money before the ban in an attempt to get the account details from me.x200B;x200B;Assistant: Honestly if I were you, Id assume the money is yours. Typically, scammers will cancel the transaction pretty much immediately. Its near unheard of for the money to still be there a year later. My gut tells me you can withdraw and treat the money as yours. While you technically owe the money back to whoever lost out in that transaction - either the scammers or ebay - if they havent come after you yet youre probably in the clear. It would probably be a ton of work to find the people who are owed the money. If they dont take it back by the 2 year mark, Id assume no one is coming for it, but even in the meantime, as long as you could repay it if someone asks for it, feel free to spend it. Human: Is it worthwhile to contact PayPal support and see what they say to do? I just feel uncomfortable taking the money out and messing with it without being sure of what could happen, such as the buyer charging it back. Also, is there some kind of statute of limitations or just a time limit of where I could be entirely sure that there are no negative repercussions?  <response>: Nothing good will come out of you contacting paypal about this. A whole year has gone by, dont remind them of something they forgot about 364 days ago.Its your money, transfer it to your bank account to get it out of pp. From there deposit it into a high yield savingmoney market accout earning 2. 