Got scammed via F&F (I know), how to report the email address to PayPal?

goldendepths
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As someone who has used PayPal for years, I'm embarrassed to have been scammed this way bc I know better. But regardless, I want to have this person reported bc I know they're scamming someone else right now, or are attempting to. 

 

The usual "I paid for something and the person told me to send them the money via F&F and I did it because I'm an idiot. This person was impersonating an artist that I was going to be buying artwork from, and I didn't think to check anything on them. Now that I have confronted them, they've blocked me. However, since this has happened, they've changed their username to the name of another artist so I know that they are absolutely attempting to scam a new person and I want their PayPal address reported so that they can't continue to do this. 

 

Opening up the resolution center on PayPal didn't give me any helpful options, but maybe I wasn't looking in the right place. How do I take this guy down? I know I won't get my money back and I have to eat the loss, but I want to help make sure that they can't scam anyone else in the future. 

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PayPal__Jyoti
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Hello @goldendepths  

Thanks for visiting PayPal's Community Forum.

I do understand that you would like to report a fraudulent PayPal user. Please refer to this article to get help with your concern www.paypal.com/cshelp/article/HELP165 . Please reach out to the Support Team during business hours by clicking the contact us option at the bottom of PayPal page to get additional support. If your unable to login or are not in access of your PayPal account, you can connect with us via phone call as "as a Guest" (this does not require you to sign in to your PayPal account.

Hope this helps you!

Warm Regards,
Jyoti


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