Here's what's happening. A guy tried to scam me after selling him a game account worth about $3400. I withdrew the money to my bank account, but then he called his bank saying he never got the item, so now the money I received was subtracted from my PayPal balance. I had a negative balance of $3400. I ended up paying most of it back as I only had a negative balance of like -$10 about a week ago. During the past the week, the -$10 balance was INCREASING for no reason. It went up to -$20, then -$40, and then hit a peak of -$50. I thought it was a bug or something so I waited a few days, and it was still -$50. So now I'm confused and angry that I'm having to owe more without any information added in the activity log. Today, a friend of mine sent me $127, and my balance only went to -$30. At this point I am VERY confused and angry. I called PayPal, and after 2.5 hours, they ended up giving me balances that I've never even seen in my account. He ended up telling me that these balances can only be seen when you download a custom statement in the activity page..... Like... Okay? I can only see my real PayPal balance when I download a statement page? That sounds kind of sketchy don't you think? APPARENTLY, I didn't just owe -$50, I owed over a hundred dollars more than that. That's why after the $127 my friend gave me, I still owe $30 to PayPal. I asked the representative why PayPal isn't showing me the true balances, and he responded telling me I have to download the activity statement page every time I want to see the true balances. Again, I'm just shocked at this answer. I just told him okay, that sounds super flawed don't you think? He said he'll take it as feedback. Nice. The call ended there. This is honestly getting ridiculous as people are scamming me left and right, and now PayPal is throwing numbers to me that I've never even seen before. ALSO, for those who are curious. If I end up losing the case where the guy scammed me, I am going to create a video explaining how I got scammed. Here's a short explanation: He gives me money via PayPal family and friends, I give him game account information through Discord, he changes the account information to his so I can't get the account back, he calls bank saying he got scammed. If he wins the case, he just stole a free 4 year game account from me with a single phone call. However, the case is still in review so I'll make updates whenever I get them from PayPal. I have honestly never felt so harassed before.
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