FRAUD! PLEASE ADVICE!

fantasy1
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long story short.

i am 17 yrs old, i was looking for a job online.

i got a job as an online receptionist...

the boss told me one day to recieve money for him from the clients.

he said the company sells bikes.

once i recieved the money.. i double checked the clients name to see if he was real and genuine

everything seems fine.. i transferred the money into my bank acc and then sent it out thru money gram! it was 2200euro! i was following the boss instructions.

excluding the little things that happened throughout..

then 2 weeks later.. the client opened a case on me.. so i hold a negative balance 2200euro

i asked the boss for help, he said he can fix this and another client would send 7300dollars and i can use the funds to recover the negative balance..and the rest i shall send it away again.

i was suspicious about it at that time.. but the client was real and the boss told me the company name... i tried to contact the client on facebok and email to confirm that he had recieved the bikes...as the boss told me he did.. i hold onto the money for one week...

the boss started to threaten me as i asked questions and confronted him...

he even set up a fake email to pretend to be the client saying that he recieved the bikes and i should send over the money...i did....

the client opened the case on me again leaving me a huge negative balance..

i called the police.. the company doesnt exist....

as time goes by ..paypal refunded the client money.

the police hasnt any updates..

i tried to contact other victims but they are ignoring me..

leaving me with stress myself..

Do i need to pay it back? my paypal is under my father's name with his permission to use it all the time..

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kernowlass
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You had no job, scammers used you to money launder money by the sounds of it.

 

You should not even have been using another persons paypal account.

 

You need to tell your father who can contact paypal but odds are someone will need to pay the debt back again.


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fantasy1
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i always used it on ebay and stuff ,i contacted police already and paypal but they dont have any updates would paypal recover it as we are the victim?
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kernowlass
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Not sure paypal would help you as you allowed yourself to be scammed and your father allowed you to use his paypal account against paypal rules.


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i have proof that i had no intention ot aware of it was a fraud
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