‘FUNDS FOR ISIS’ SET OFF PAYPAL’S ALARM BELLS

The owner of an unfortunately named horse had her online payments frozen and found herself flagged as a potential terrorist after sending a trainer “funds for Isis.”

Susan Govindasamy was hoping to arrange for her nine-year-old Arab horse, called Isis, to attend a training “boot camp” and agreed to send 500 pounds to cover the costs over Paypal.

The 57-year-old had, however, failed to grasp that the wording of her transfer could have grave security implications.

Her payment was quickly frozen after the reference — “funds for Isis” — was flagged at Paypal, which feared she may have been trying to fund terrorism.

Govindasamy is passionate about Ancient Egypt and named her horse after the Egyptian goddess Isis, rather than the murderous terror cult.

She has previously owned horses called Pharaoh and Nefertiti, both also allusions to Egyptian history.

Three days after agreeing to send the cash, Govindasamy was contacted by the trainer to say nothing had been received — and found the transaction was still pending. She said she was left “speechless” when she was then contacted by Paypal and told her transaction was under review to “minimize risk for us or our customers.”

The confusion meant she was forced to explain she had been paying for her horse’s training rather than funnelling money to extremists.

After the rise of the terror group, Govindasamy recalled that she had several people tell her that she would “have to change her name.”