Scammed through Friends & Family

[jforbes15]

recently scammed due to my own mistakes of not doing much research, he told me to send through friends and family. is there anything at all i could do to get my money back? 

[FrankP1]

My apologies if I hurt your feelings, but you reiterating that "it's our fault" - hundreds or thousands of us, is disingenuous. Show me another platform that has this much scamming going on. At this point I must believe that you just copy and paste your response to this issue. 

I'll let the community decide whether I lost this argument, not you. 

[kernowlass]

@FrankP1 

It would take more than that to hurt my feelings, i just feel hurling insults a bit silly.

And to be honest if you used the friends/family option to pay for goods or services then it is your fault isn't it...........even credit cards have declined chargebacks if you have used that option.

As for another platform that has scammers then there are plenty, scams are going on worldwide, its just most times folks blame the scammers and not the credit cards / debit cards / bank accounts etc that they used to pay for those items when they were scammed.

[LozDawgg]

It's not our fault they dont make it clear enough that they dont cover your "bleep" from every angle... they should do as they should know that scammers are around. If you put a reference other than gift then it is clearly not a bleeping gift.

[kernowlass]

@LozDawgg 

Its quite easy, was it a member of your family you sent the money to?

Or was it a close mate? If not then why would you use that option?

Not sure how much clearer you need it !!

[Hippeboy]

IRecently lost 550 dollars 😞

[ScammersTool]

Tell ‘em @FrankP1 

[Kathcovy]

'silly error' ???? £241 is a silly error??? You have his PayPal account details, why not just refund it back??? I have evidence that he has not sent anything, and yes, he WAS a friend!!

[bbt31]

I experience that today. I was scammed by a seller in the Facebook marketplace.    Hassan [Removed] beware of this person.  they post a Nintendo switch lite saying it was free because it was from his/her son that passed away in an accident. he/she want to give it free so I fall for his ill-fated sad story. I did pay$35 For the shipping fee. by afternoon he/she ask for more shipping fee. I realized I was scammed. I did file a claim but the PayPal rejected it.

I am so stupid.

[Samar007]

He was selling iPhone XS 256 gb and said he will ship it. And I sent him money, but he then said made mistakes by putting 256gb instead of 512gb and was asking for $40 more and I said no. I asked for refund and then he became Facebook user ( he deleted his Facebook)

[Dell14z]

There should be a huge warning before you click SUBMIT that payment for goods or services is not allowed and you have no protection if paying for goods or services. 

But then this way the scammers can scam and you have no recourse and PayPal makes bank. 

But — Friends & Family says what it is for...