Hi everyone, I had a very big problem with PayPal not supporting my dispute. So I thought I was messaging a friend for 2 new tattoos, as she’s a tattoo artist! So I arranged with the person replying to me to send the money over to “her” because as it came up in dollars not pounds I thought she was going on holiday. So I sent in total £257.99 as the money was exchanged into dollars. I then found out that the person I was talking to about these tattoos, was in fact a hacker who had hacked my friends facebook page and it was the hacker that stole my money! I was completely unaware that my friends account had been hacked and I genuinely thought I was talking with the real person I wanted to talk to. However when I’ve disputed the fact that my money was sent to a hacker and I was unaware, I asked PayPal to help. They came back via email saying “ Although we sympathise with your predicament but it is with regret that we are unable to offer any assistance on this occasion”… erm hang on a second PayPal, I informed you the second I found out my money had been sent to a hacker so is it not your job to get my money back from the hacker. I provided the name and account information that it had been sent to and gave them every possible information that I could to claim my money back… we’re in September now and this happened on the 29th February this year and I’ve still had nothing back. Is there anything I can do now to get my money back? Or does anyone know how I could possibly get it back? My dad passed away and left me some money so it was sentimental for me! I wanted the tattoos I was asking for and should my friends account not been hacked I would’ve never had this problem. So is it facebook that’s to blame or PayPal? I don’t know what to do but I really want that money back. Purely for the emotional torment all this has put me through. Anyone that can help please please message me and I’ll do almost anything to get that money back because it’s all I’ve got left from my dad.
