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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?
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If you paid using goods/services you can open a dispute via the resolution centre in your paypal account.
If you used the friends/family option then you sent a gift of money and so have no buyer protection.
However IF you funded that payment via a credit card then your card issuer may help you, however they may well refuse for the same reason ie that it was a gift payment and not a payment for goods or services.
If you used f/f and did not use a card then you are reliant on the other party refunding you.
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Unfortunately not really - if you sent money that was intended for a purchase and used the "Friends and Family" option instead of "Goods and Services", sorry to say, you have been had. The PayPal system sees "Friends and Family" as one person simply sending money to another person - not an item purchase. You can try to open a dispute however, it's possible the system won't let you proceed because the reason was "Friends and Family".
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If you funded that paypal payment via a CREDIT CARD then contact your card issuer and see if they will chargeback for you.
Not all will do so but worth a shot.
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Hi @TeresaC1981, thanks for posting in our Community! I'm sorry to hear that you've had trouble with a payment. Friends and family payments are intended to be used for things like paying a friend back for lunch or sending a gift payment to family. These types of payments aren’t covered by PayPal’s Purchase Protection. You can find full details on Purchase Protection here. When there's a problem with a friends and family payment, we strongly encourage the sender and recipient to work together toward a resolution. If a resolution can't be met and you paid via card or bank, you may want to reach out to your financial institution to seek other dispute options. -Adam
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