I believe I have been scammed

[FT86TT]

Hello, 

So I was searching through Instagram to find influencers for my business. I've found one and we came to an agreement of the "service" or as known as a  "shoutout". He/She mentioned that the shoutout would be published in about a couple hours after sending the payment. However, the shoutout was never published and I tried to send him/her emails regarding the issue but never got a reply back. Opened a Paypal dispute but it got denied. Does this mean the money I've sent is all gone?

Thank you,

Arash.

[kernowlass]

@FT86TT 

Probably unless you funded that paypal payment via a credit card when you could try a chargeback OR you have enough details of the seller to bring a private legal action against him if that is an option in your country.