Skip to main content

PayPal Community

  • Dashboard
  • Send and Request
  • Wallet
  • Business
  • Help
Log in
  • Welcome
    • Guidelines
    • News and Events
    • Suggestions for PayPal
    • General Discussions
  • PayPal Help Community
    • Managing Account
    • Transactions
    • Wallet
    • Security and Fraud
    • Products & Services
    • Reporting
  • MTS Community
    • PayPal Upgrade Community
    • PayPal Payments Standard
    • REST APIs
    • NVP/SOAP APIs
    • SDKs
    • Sandbox Environment
    • PayPal Reporting
    • Payflow
    • Ideas for MTS
    • Client-side Integration
    • Server-side Integration
  • The Archives
    • PayPal Help Community Archives
      • Managing Account Archives
      • Transactions Archives
      • Wallet Archives
      • Security and Fraud Archives
      • Products & Services Archives
      • Reporting Archives
    • Help Community
      • PayPal Basics Archives
      • Payments Archives
      • My Money Archives
      • My Account Archives
      • Disputes and Limitations Archives
      • Products and Services Archives
      • PayPal Credit Archives
    • Merchant Community
      • Merchant Products
      • Business Tools Archives
      • Reporting Archives
      • Managing Risk and Fraud Archives
    • Help Archives
      • About Business (Archive)
      • About Payments (Archive)
      • About Settings (Archive)
      • About eBay (Archive)
      • About Protections (Archive)
      • About Products (Archive)
    • Social and Your Voice Archives
      • Off Topic (Archive)
      • My Feedback for PayPal (Archive)
    • About PayPal Archives
      • Watercooler (Archive)
      • Tax Information (Archive)
      • Fees (Archive)
      • eBay and PayPal (Archive)
      • Coupons and promotions (Archive)
    • My Account Archives
      • My account settings (Archive)
      • Account limits and verification (Archive)
      • Account balance (Archive)
      • Bank accounts and credit cards (Archive)
    • Payments Archives
      • Sending money (Archive)
      • Receiving money (Archive)
      • Refunds (Archive)
      • Donations and Fundraising (Archive)
    • Disputes and Security Archives
      • Disputes and claims (Archive)
      • Fraud, phishing and spoof (Archive)
    • My Business Archives
      • Merchant services (Archive)
      • Reporting and tracking (Archive)
      • Shipping (Archive)
    • PayPal Products Archives
      • PayPal Debit Mastercard (Archive)
      • PayPal Extras MasterCard (Archive)
      • PayPal Mobile & Other Services (Archive)
      • Student Accounts (Archive)
      • Bill Me Later (Archive)
    • Getting to know PayPal
      • My PayPal account
      • Security and protection
    • Receiving and sending money
      • Buying with PayPal
      • Selling with PayPal
    • PayPal Here UK
      • PayPal Here News and Events
      • PayPal Here Community
      • Chip and Pin Card Reader
      • PayPal Here App

The Community Forum will no longer be available starting June 30, 2025. Please note that the forum is now closed for new posts and responses, but previous posts will remain accessible for review until June, 30 2025. For comprehensive support options, please visit PayPal.com/HelpCenter
Merchant Technical Support: For technical support and related questions, please visit our Technical Support Help Center or Developer Central

If you want to report illegal content under the EU Digital Services Act, please do so here

since ‎Feb-16-2014
Chazax1
Chazax1 Contributor
Contributor
1
Post
0
Kudos
0
Solutions
Your 3rd PayPal Anniversary
Your 5th PayPal Anniversary
Your PayPal Anniversary
The Return
Organized
Active
View all
Topics Chazax1 has Participated In
  • Topics Chazax1 has Participated In
  • Latest Contributions by Chazax1

Fraud! Urgent £1,400 Reply to fake Gumtree advert

by Chazax1 Contributor in Disputes and claims
‎Feb-16-2014 01:30 AM
‎Feb-16-2014 01:30 AM
Hello,   Basically ive recently turned 18 and have been saving that money for this item, i saw an advertisment on gumtree for it and everything in the transaction seemed completely normal, until 3 days ago when i couldnt get in touch with anyone as i had yet to recieve the amp or any tracking number for the goods as promised. So i opened a case at which point the seller got in contact with me to resolve the problem. He was under the impression i was paying for another person who i had never even heard of! Needless to say i informed him that i was purchasing the amp and hadnt recieved it, for £1400 in two installments. The seller has only recieved the £1,000 and has sent a different item for the same price to this mystery person and the £400 has gone into another unknown paypal account; i suspect that this account is the culprits and he has tried to pocket the extra cash but that is just a theory. all i know is that i paid for something falsly and that the seller has been wrongly told that i was to pay on this mans behalf, which is false.   Could sombody please contact me asap!   Thanks    Charlie ... View more
Paypal Logo
  • Help
  • Contact Us
  • Security
  • Fees
  • © 1999-2025 PayPal, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • Privacy
  • Legal
  • Cookies
  • Policy Updates

The money in your balance is eligible for pass-through FDIC insurance.

The PayPal Cash Mastercard is issued by The Bancorp Bank pursuant to a license by Mastercard International Incorporated. The Bancorp Bank; Member FDIC.

Powered by Khoros
Welcome to the PayPal Community!