Scammed into Donating...dispute and receive money back?

[mconstant]

I have contacted PayPal already and am waiting for a reply. I decided to ask here because I want a response quickly.

I recently purchased goods from a "Seller" and I clicked his generated PayPal link and sent the money to him. Little did I know it was set as donation. Can this be refunded? I was from my bank account and it says pending for 2-3 days...Can I get the money back?

I contacted him requesting refund since he never intended to send me the goods and he responded "

If you dispute your a **bleep** who will lose like everyone else who disputed for donating :)"

What do I do?

[surplusdealdude]

Very doubtful that you can win a dispute, but I would try anyway.

Note SPECIFICALLY that the seller has set the transaction to be a donation - Paypl has specific rules against using the site to perpetrate frauds and they may do something about it.

I would also sile a notice with www.ic3.gov - this is an FBI site for online scams.  The fact that the seller is bragging about other people being duped should get their interest.  They will not find it funny- the FBI has no sense of humour.