Hi all, Well after 20 years of internetting it finally happened, I got scammed. From a niche forum, a user not only scammed me but a couple of other people too. Mine was to the tune of $1250 (another guy was over $2500). I should've trusted my gut. The scammer drop shipped me a small travel container instead of shipping me the real item, which I'm sure he never even had in his possession. I immediately opened a paypal claim and now here I sit, hoping and praying for my money back which leads me to my question. What's stopping someone from scamming a few people, transferring the money to their bank account and then closing and disconnecting their paypal from their bank account? I know when the money is sitting in paypal if there is a dispute they can freeze it, but once that money's gone, how does paypal recover it? Are they able to contact the scammer's bank and issue a freeze there? Or does paypal have another way? I guess that's my fear, since the scammer lead me on for a week before he shipped my item, makes me think he was waiting for everything to clear in his account before I would find out and report him. Does anyone know? I suppose I'm just looking for reassurance after having been socked in the gut....
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