There was no mention of the reason, they just sent a message that my account has been activated,, no more,,, no less.

I'm happy that the process took less than 3 days .. GO LBC!

Thank you, my friends, for your replies.

I just received a notification fro LBC that my account got activated

I have a strong localbitcoins account with over 500 trades without any negative feedback from any client, I received the following surprising message a couple of days ago from them

"Hi,

Your account has been suspended from trading because we have reason to believe that you have acted in violation of our Terms of Service. We will lift the suspension as soon as possible once the reasons for the suspension no longer exist.

We will require you to complete some additional ID verification steps.

1. A photograph of you ("Selfie") holding up your ID a long with a note containing your username and today's date.
2. A photograph of a recent utility bill with your name on it.
3. A photograph of your ID held up in front of your computer screen with the whole screen visible (all four corners) and this ticket page visible.

Once you have completed these steps - reply to this support ticket and attach the photographs you've taken.

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Best regards,
LocalBitcoins"

I submitted the required documents but I still haven't received a reply from them and I've tried to think of all reasons possible for this, and limited the options to three

1- Because I accessed localbitcoins few times from a sanctioned country by the US,,, even though I'm not based in that country but I was visiting some relatives there and accessed from their IP.

2- Because I used a payment method in the name of my wife one time to pay for btc instead of using my account, and the seller might have reported me for that.

3- Because I just passed 500 trades record and this is just an automatic security measure.


Anyone had the same expirence and managed to restore his account? Any advice about how to handle this would be very appreciated!