Been scammed

[Tierney1104]

I spoke to a man called SEAN <removed> who was selling two seats for a Peugeot 206. he seemed genuine. He advised me to pay him 400 pound via friends and family to save us both on costs, now as I was new to PayPal he explained I would be covered and he wouldn’t rip me off BLAH BLAH!!! Now I still haven’t received the seats and he has blocked me and my wife and told us we are the problem. He sent me a fake invoice with the wrong dates etc on it. Which I have proof off as I’ve been in contact with the delivery company he told us he was using and they said they had spoke to him and they sent him a price for collection so he has used this as evidence to get his money!! I’ve tried to contact him various times with different numbers etc and nothing back! He even spoke to me and my wife over the phone and explained of businesses he has etc etc. I want to make a point of naming this idiot don’t trust him!! SEAN KELLY!! He lives in PRESTON. I have his address post code email addresses and mobile number. Horrible human. Probably a smack head!!! Will I be able to get our money back? Help?

[kernowlass]

@Tierney1104 

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 paying his paypal fees and negates your buyer protection at the same time.
You would also not be able to open a dispute apart from one citing an unauthorised transaction but that would be automatically closed as you did authorise the initial payment.

Be careful as using that option for purchasing goods is against Paypal rules and can lead to account limitation.

If you funded your paypal payment via a credit card then contact your card issuer and see if they will help you but unfortunately they may decline as well as it was a gift payment.