I got scammed for 700$ using friends and family!!!

[snoxyluke]

how can i contact paypal about a scammer who scammed me for over 700$ with paypal friends and family!!! I have all the proof someone please tell me what i should do?!!

[Richard171]

Sorry to say paypal will offer zero help. I no longer use these fraud companies as they are NO BETTER than the actual scammers. Keep to your credit card

[snoxyluke]

they must offer support i have all the proof, he has even said he scammed me for an easy 700$
they must offer i can show them any type of proof they need.

[619kathy]

Same thing happened to me. Paypal won’t do anything if you send it friends and family. I didn’t know that before I got scammed too

[kernowlass]

@snoxyluke 

A friends / family (or gift payment) is intended as a transfer of funds from family or friends to one another. For this reason, there is no processing fee when payment is made with bank or PayPal balance.
However as it is a gift payment, there is also no buyer protection as no goods or services should have been exchanged.

If he was not a close mate or family member you should never use that option as it enables the seller to evade paying his Paypal fees and negates your buyer protection at the same time.

You would also not be able to open a dispute (apart from one citing an unauthorised transaction), which would be automatically closed as you did authorise the initial payment.

Be careful as using that option for purchasing goods is against Paypal rules and can lead to account limitation.

If you funded your Paypal payment via a credit card then contact your card issuer and see if they will help you but unfortunately they may decline as well as it was a gift payment.