Scammers on friends & family

[Lyns-Linda]

My son (13 ) used my PayPal account to purchase football tickets with his savings, he sent the payment the correct way (without friends & family so we had protection) then stupidly the seller persuaded him to use friends & family otherwise it would cost him another £20 !! They then refunded the monies & he transferred it again via friends & family !! NO TICKETS EVER RECEIVED/BLOCKED ON FACEBOOK £160 out of pocket!! We contacted the Facebook account via another Facebook account & the man had been hacked!! Surly there is a way of tracking this payment?

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@Lyns-Linda 

Sadly there is 0 buyer protection for friends/family payments.

Its also against Paypal rules to allow a minor to access your Paypal account.

This is because anyone under 18 could be easily scammed, as he/you sadly were.

[Lyns-Linda]

I understand about loosing the money, am error on my account for logging on for him & not 100% supervising the transaction but just thought I could highlight the scammer or find a way of tracking the culprit !! Thank you