PayPal withholding funds
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I had someone buy my laptop from me and they sent me money to PayPal, well now PayPal won’t release the money to my account. They made the buyer send more money and now they(PayPal and the Buyer) expects me to send the buyer the money that they sent as a refund so they can release my money. I do not have the money to do so. I wasn’t even told that I had to do that at all. This is why PayPal has a **bleep** load of lawsuits against them.
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You have been scammed by fake spoof emails as that is not how paypal works...............
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 or spam folders.
You will get/got a "fake" email that looks as though it is from paypal.....it isn't because they don't actually 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.
Or once you have sent and they know you have become a victim they may again send you 'fake' Paypal emails stating they sent too much and you have to refund BEFORE the funds are released to your balance or you have to send a western union payment to pay customs fees etc.
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.
Advice is voluntary.
Kudos / Solution appreciated.
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ARE YOU SURE IT WAS PAYPAL BECAUSE I AM 99.9% SURE THIS IS A SCAM.
Did you use a phone number in an email OR did you click on help / contact bottom of paypal pages and use the number on there?
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