Scammed on depop via friends and family

[S4mhumphr3yz]

I am a new user of PayPal and are unfamiliar with certain things, a depop user asked me to send money via friends and family to receive the money with out fees and recieve it instantly, me being inexperienced I talked to the seller for a couple of days, I have his email , however his depop account has gone inactive, his Snapchat account has disappeared and I believe I been scammed I was hoping for someone to help me out as I have spent £130 on an item I sent the money on the 17/03/18 I have the transaction id and email for reference

[kernowlass]

@S4mhumphr3yz

A friends / family (or gift payment) is intended as a transfer of funds from family or friends to one another. For this reason, there is no processing fee when payment is made with bank or PayPal balance.

However as it is a “gift” payment, there is also no Buyer protection as no goods or services should have been exchanged.

If he was not a close mate or family member you should never use that option as it enables the seller to evade his paypal fees and negates your buyer protection at the same time. That is also why you would be unable to open a dispute.

Your only hope is if you funded your paypal payment via a credit card then contact your card issuer and see if they will help you but unfortunately again as it was a 'gift' of money they may decline as well.