While I was on holiday in Corfu I had lots of bids going on, and when I won items I tried to pay with Paypal.

It locked me out of my account, and despite my best efforts at supplying credit card number, bank account details, changing passwords, would not let me pay for anything.

It seems that any transaction you do from a web address not in your home country is likely to trigger the fraud protection and lock you account of your account, and trying to supply the details they then ask you for, from the other country, just keeps the fraud protection going.

Be warned!