PayPal has definitely been outwitted by this group and continues to be outwitted by them. The group probably has several selling accounts they setup well in advance and if PayPal gets the where-with-all to close one - the group easily switches to another one - thus the reason for all the different names of the sellers the sales are being charged by. PayPal is out of their league on this one. Your best bet is to report the transaction as a fraud with your credit card or bank and cancel the credit card. If you must use PayPal - buy the PayPal gift cards and put the credits on your account - then thieves can only get the maximum of the credit you have in your account - say $20, $40, etc. Like anything else on the Internet - it is a crap shoot on whether you are dealing with a legitimate and trustworthy merchant, whether you will even get it delivered and if so whether the product is worth a sh_t. I have gotten to the practice of doing more and more business with the company named after a jungle - rain forest and then try to deal with items that are shipped directly through them - not from Acme products, etc. Same with W_a_l_M_a_r_t. WM is starting to do more and more free shipping.
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