I got connected with a lady <Removed> on Wechat. She said she is working on marketing service and needs more customer to review to get more attention from online users. She said she will send money to me by PayPal first then I pay someone else by Zelle. First a few transactions were normal. Then on 2/11/2021, she transferred $350 to me and asked me to transfer $300 back to her and keep $50 as commission. Since she sent money to me before without problem. I did transfer $300 to her. Then she transferred $400 to me and asked me to instant withdraw. I did. But PayPal gave message says that the transferred is under review. I didn't pay attention. I thought the next day the transferred will be done. Since I still have balance on PayPal account, I transferred fund by zelle to the appointed person. On 2/12, I got emails from PayPal says the sender claimed those 2 transfers were unauthorized transactions and will reverse it. I disputed it but PayPal still reversed the $750 to scammer. I have been trying to dispute this fraud issue and asked PayPal to pay attention such issues. Scammer sent fund to victims first then claim it was unauthorized transaction, PayPal assisted these scammers.
Anybody has any suggestions how to ask PayPal to hold the money. The scammer may not have money on their account or close their account already.
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