Scam my money

[yuithuy123]

So I buy someone game account on twitter and I pay them money and is says pending and they return it too me and they send me a picture that is refund and I send money again but I just know that they’d send me fake picture that they edited and photoshop picture that refund the money. I need help because they scammed me and I send money as friend and family and I appreciate when you guys help me

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@yuithuy123 

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.

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.

[yuithuy123]

Oki so they say to me they refund already and they told me it’s my will show up that they refund the money around 30 days and I don’t know is that truth or not cause I got dm limit on twitter so I can’t ask them.

[kernowlass]

@yuithuy123 

It would show on your paypal activity and you would get a refund email.

[yuithuy123]

So they lie to me or something cause is not show to my email and they just say they refund it already and I need to wait until is show up around 30 days

[yuithuy123]

I might be lost all my money and I have nothing to do since they not block me yet and they still talk to me but they keep lie that they refund already and it will show ups around 30 days and is not shown on PayPal activity.