@Incandescent1 "they are not regulated by UK law" - that's the crux of it, they're based in Luxembourg, people in the UK have virtually no protection against these scammers (ie paypal). These are the details of the "PayPal" organisation that operates in the UK: https://register.fca.org.uk/ShPo_FirmDetailsPage?id=001b000000Mg3m1AAB NOTE: "This firm is not registered under the Money Laundering Regulations." They are essentially only regulated in their own country (Luxembourg), and they might as well be in Nigeria or Afghanistan for all the good that does. They are simply stealing people's money, and because they're based in a financial/legal/tax haven and have no presence in the UK at all, they should be avoided at all costs and treated/seen no differently then the emails that you get like "Mr Nogobo has left you $100million in his will, click here to enter your bank details to receive the money" PayPal are scammers, pure and simple. A note that I got from the FCA, included this: "Paypal has something called a service passport, which means they don't have a presence in the UK but do business on a distance basis, for example, online. This means that they don't have a presence in the UK, and so they don't have to follow our rules about how they deal with customers."
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