This happened to me as well and it seems to be a common tracking number loophole in PayPal that scammers are taking advantage of. I'm happy to say the PayPal representative I Just talked with today reversed charges for me and are now fully away of this fraudulent scheme. Hopefully going forward, PayPal will implement blocks to stop sellers from using the shipping (near you) scam. Apparently this is (was) a widespread problem. This may help if this happens to you: File a PayPal dispute right away if the purchase seems suspicious (i.e. no email response from seller, undeliverable, website shut-down, etc.) This will put the payment on hold right away and the scammer will not get paid until resolution - in which will be in your favor When the scammer issues a tracking number, call/contact the mail service (i.e. UPS, USPS, etc.) to confirm that the tracking number is being delivered to your address. As stated in this thread, scammers will send a fake package to somewhere in your city/town, but not to your address. Shipping company policy will not tell you the exact address, but will definitely tell you if it is shipping to "your" address or not. Use Chat/message systems to send transcript of this to Paypal Let PayPal know that tracking number is not going to your address as they are now aware of this scam
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