Scammer scammed me on Facebook marketplace

[arin19]

Scammer scammed me on Facebook marketplace. On 24th June 2023, we negotiated $380 for the sofa on marketplace. He asked me to send money via PayPal to hold before delivery. After I send the money via PayPal, he deleted the advertisement and account. As soon as this happened, I open a dispute in PayPal regarding this. The dispute was opened and 15 minutes later the dispute was closed. PayPal informed me as after their review, they found that certain transactions weren't unauthorised and hence weren't eligible for Buyer Protection. Can someone please advice me on what I need to do?

[kernowlass]

@arin19 

Why did you open a dispute for unauthorsed?

A dispute for an unauthorised transaction is telling paypal that your account was hacked and used without your consent to make that transaction.
Paypal would check IP addresses and devices and close the dispute if it was you that made the transaction.

Was it because you sent a gift of money to him using the friends/family option and so that was the only option available? 

[burfang]

Something almost identical happened to me; do you mean that you did not open and close the initial dispute?