I've been scammed and Paypal won't investigate

[patriciamatei96]

Hi guys, I was scammed and received a lot of email addresses that seemed genuine from what it looked like  - requesting tracking receipt for the item for the funds to be released in my paypal account etc -I just need an email address to send some screen shots through to have this investigated so at least it doesn't happen to anyone else.. Does anyone know how I can go about this??

[kernowlass]

@patriciamatei96 

Scams has been ongoing for years and all over this forum and the internet, sorry you were caught out but as none of the transaction was done on paypal site then paypal can't help you.

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.

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.