I got scammed out of $500 usd

DashDash
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I was selling an old account for fortnite, i gave him my email and all assosciated things to the account and i requested $500 on paypal and he cancelled it as i gave him the account and blocked all means of communication. I can try to get my friends to communicate with him but otherwise what do i do? Is there anything i can do?

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kernowlass
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@DashDash 

 

A buyer can't cancel a 'completed' payment so it couldn't have completed before you sent the account.

However there is no paypal seller protection for virtual / digital items, you can sell them but at your own risk unfortunately.


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kernowlass
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@DashDash 

 

A buyer can't cancel a 'completed' payment so it couldn't have completed before you sent the account.

However there is no paypal seller protection for virtual / digital items, you can sell them but at your own risk unfortunately.


Advice is voluntary.
Kudos / Solution appreciated.
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sharpiemarker
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@DashDash 

 

Probably what the buyer cancelled was the money request or the invoice you sent but they could have still sent a payment independent of the money request. If you see no money for the game in your PayPal account and you already sent the game then yeah you were scammed.


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