Most of the people who insist to get paid through "friends and family" option are scammers. This is something I discovered today by losing 250€ from buying an iphone on ebay kleinanzeigen platform. Ridiculously I received a warning email from ebay-kleinanzeigen about this user being a potential scammer right after I had already transferred the money through "friends and family" to that person. Then immediately I realised my big mistake and I first tried to communicate with that person without having any response. Then I reported the user on kleinanzeigen still believing in the possibility of having my money back. This user had kleinanzeigen account since two years which was the main reason for me to trust and transfer the money. For my big surprise I discovered that ebay-kleinanzeigen doesn't have any kind of security protection. Except of providing a childish list of what should everybody take care while buying something online. They also advise the kleinanzeigen victims to report the case to the police with a link. Absolutely Ridiculous! There was another big surprise when I discovered PayPal has no protection for "friends and family" transfers makes it much easier for scammers to steal money from non experienced people on online shopping. I'm still trying to find a solution of getting a refund even if it seems impossible.
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