I guess I got lucky, the $499 one I got for "services" was able to be cancelled. I would suspect that the reason you're getting "unavailable" instead is because it has already been identified/flagged from one of the other recipients they scatter-bombed, and that you would get the same message if you tried to "pay invoice". I definitely wouldn't count on that, especially given that the only communication from PayPal is that they don't allow you to report this "type of item".. for more information please consult our terms of service--a document that does not describe item types at all, specify what you're permitted to report, or contain the word "invoice" once. In fact, given those things, I have very little faith in PayPal at all. So if you find a way to contact a customer service person over it, that's probably a good idea for your own peace of mind. Perhaps we also should throw in a suggestion that they start allowing that type of fraud to be reported instead of requiring that it sit on your account as a pending item forever. Sure seems like a reasonable request for even a halfway functional company.. I'm not sure if anyone has suggested otherwise or not, but I also would very strongly discourage anyone from contacting the sender of the invoice, or using any of the links or phone numbers it contains. Those may in fact be the true payload of the scam, getting people to call their fraud center and opt-in to further scamming.
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