I'm gutted. A friend of mine messaged me through messenger saying could I receive some money they are owed from someone they sold a camera to for £480. I said why not use your pay pal. They said theirs was playing up. Said they just needed my email address I think. So that money went into my PayPal. And I was to transfer that to my friends account. So I thought sorted. My friend has got his money that he was owed. But later I get another message saying his messenger has been hacked and hes just changed his password. I checked my PayPal and it now says I owe pay pal £480 as they have given the money back to the person who the hacker stole from. They stole from that person, hacked my friends account and put the money into my account by tricking me into thinking it was my friend. I've got fraud squad looking into it. And Wescot debt collector have rang me saying pay pal have told them to get the money off me. The policeman has told me not to pay a penny as he says in the victim. He's trying to find out who the hacker is. But honestly I don't think he's gonna be able to find who it is. I'm absolutely gutted. I feel sick. I have no money. I've been out of work since March as my job means i can't yet with the government rules. Can anyone help ?
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