I just got scammed as a seller and lost $1,230. Is there any way to get my item or money back?

[maemira127]

So a customer told me to request the money from them and then I later received an email saying the payment would be on hold until the tracking number is received (i tried contacting paypal beforehand but they never responded), so obviously I had to post it. They tried to scam more money out of me by saying business accounts have a minimum of $1,700 when transferring money. Is there any way to get my item or money back?

[kernowlass]

@maemira127 

SCAM.

They encourage you to accept a direct Paypal payment and may ask you to send the item internationally.
No funds or activity of the transaction shows in your Paypal account and any emails may go into your junk/spam folders.

You will get/got a "fake" email that looks as though it is from paypal.....it isn't because they don't have a Paypal account and have no intention of paying you.
It will say the buyer has paid ...you won't have been paid.
They will tell you that the payment is released when you provide paypal with a tracking/shipping number......this won't happen.

Once you have become a victim they may try again with more fake Paypal emails with other reasons that you must send them a payment for custom fees / to verify, expand or upgrade an account.

Paypal NEVER tell you to send an item before the payment is showing in your paypal account.
Paypal do not tell you to send trackable, they advise it for selling protection but it is not compulsory.
Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.

[maemira127]

@kernowlass Thanks for your help There’s nothing I can do now because obviously PayPal won’t do anything to help and I tried to get the courier to intercept the parcel but they didn’t. I’ve tried to beg the ‘buyer’ to return the item but obviously they wont.