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? 

[kernowlass]

@Dell14z 

When you go to send funds there are 2 boxes and on only 1 does it say buyer protection and have the buyer protection symbol.

I think the paypal.me link could be improved though as if its from a personal account the onus in on the buyer to tick the goods/services box to make it eligable for buyer protection.

I think it would be better to have a screen come up to say is this for a purchase or a gift. But then I tend to read everything very carefully before sending my well earned dosh.....!

[Marlonmillie]

Yes but you see they were saying no you can just get a refund once you’ve got the item you have etc send through family and friends I was trying to buy a present for someone and I’m new to PayPal and already been scammed

[Hippeboy]

Recently I ordered two pairs of shoes and paid the guy 550 he was rlly convincing and asked me to do it on friends n family I didn’t think anything of it ... big mistake I see now because he sent me fake tracking and then on the phone earlier admitted he never even sent my product or even had it and he finds it funny he stole my last dollar anyways all that’s going on and this guys antogonizing me for my disabilities and because he conned me and PAYPAl refuses to even try to get my money back or even get his account flagged ? WHAT THE BLEEP!? Is PayPal ran by scammers

[kernowlass]

@Hippeboy 

Of course they won't help you get your money back because you sent a 'gift' of money to someone.

You didn't buy anything, if you had you would have used the goods/services option.

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 but that 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.

If you funded your paypal payment via a credit card then contact your card issuer and see if they will help you but unfortunately they may decline as well as it was a gift payment.

[Maxbrock123]

Hi, did you manage to get anywhere with this? Same just happened to me £600 and I don’t know what I can do about it, can’t afford to lose it

[kernowlass]

@Maxbrock123 

Did you fund your paypal payment via a credit card? If so see if they will chargeback for you?

[Maxbrock123]

I used a debit card and I’ve contacted them and they said we will read your message in the next week, get back to me in the next 2 weeks and the case will be resolved in 16 weeks with a very low chance of success, before even checking the situation, so yes I have but I’d much rather I give PayPal £10 and they sort it for me, cash is king to them is it not?

[Shanicemguy]

Did u get anything back?

[macarenasolc]

hi, did you have any luck with this? i got scammed the same way. LEt me know! thank you

[zhensean1]

I was recently contaxted through steam by a guy and he said that he was willing to buy my item for 180 euros. I said i can do that and he gained my trust buit I said that he would have to pay first he showed me that he did through screenshare and that he payed through friends and family. So I sent him the item he said that he would wait with me until the money came but then he blocked me on the voice chatting app we were using and steam and I did not get my money.