North Texas Scam

[Successfulgabe7]

Hi all, I'm not familiar with PayPal but I was scammed last week by a gentleman, ezekialwashington9 that requested potential clients to send money via the family and friends app so he could purchase food for the meal prepping he was paid to do but he never delivered. Unfortunately PayPal won't do anything or even flag his account, though multiple people in my neighborhood have been scammed so please don't use that function. *Lesson learned for me*

[kernowlass]

@Successfulgabe7 

A friends / family (or gift payment) is intended as a transfer of funds from family or friends to one another. For this reason, there is no processing fee when payment is made with bank or PayPal balance.
However as it is a gift payment, there is also no buyer protection as no goods or services should have been exchanged.

If he was not a close mate or family member you should never use that option as it enables the seller to evade paying his Paypal fees and negates your buyer protection at the same time.

You would also not be able to open a dispute (apart from one citing an unauthorised transaction), which would be automatically closed as you did authorise the initial payment.

Be careful as using that option for purchasing goods is against Paypal rules and can lead to account limitation.
It warns you there is no buyer protection on the app and on the web during payment when you send the funds.