PayPal is complicit. They are part of the scam. The scam been going on long enough that it is not possible for PayPal not to be aware, and if they are aware, but do nothing, then they are complicit. One person spent the $10 to return the item, then sent in the return tracking to PayPal and/or their card issuer (if you used a credit card, you should submit a dispute with your card issuer).
You should also sound the alarm as much as you can. Regretfully, the Chinese have multiple websites running, and can easily set up more. Not sure there's much anyone can do, if PayPal is in on the scam. Eventually, some Senator, Congressperson, or high-level attorney will get scammed, and will put up a real fight, but for now PayPal and the Chinese scammers will continue to make a fortune, at our expense.
<Removed>( Primarily targeted at US consumers, Ripoff Report is probably the world's most visited scam reporting website. There are no China-specific categories but reports can be filed in a wide variety of circumstances)
<Removed>( Complaints Board is a comprehensive consumer complaints website. Although there are no categories specific to China, their search function is very useful and many Chinese scams are reported)
<Removed>(Our readers from the US may like to consider submitting details of a Chinese scam to the Federal Trade Commission.
Complaints from consumers are used to help detect patterns of fraud and abuse.)
<Removed>( Managed by the FBI, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) may be a useful website for US readers to report more serious Chinese scams.)
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