Hope you can receive your money back, I feel your pain man
good luck! 
Topic: Bought BTC on PayPal and got scammed, please HELP! - page 2. (Read 1777 times)
PayPal is pain in the ass... Considering that chargebacks can be made when you even buy with PayPal you will pay higher price for btc than you could do otherwise , if you bought with an different method. Not even for bitcoin, people do SE on them easily, never trust PP...
Hope you can receive your money back, I feel your pain man good luck!
Hope you can receive your money back, I feel your pain man
good luck!
For btc paypal doesn't offer protection for sellers but as you said you were buying im pretty sure they'll be reversing the transaction in your favor... If i were you id straight up tell paypal rep that he was selling btc and he never delivered after pay. I sold .3 btc to someone using paypal and they reversed the transaction telling paypal that it wasn't them using the account so it wasn't an authorized transaction. They told me i was basicly sol as they didnt offer seller protection but they did offer buyer protection so even though i had screenshots of paxful trade log it didnt help me as a seller because they only offer buying protection. Hope this helps.
I've heard of problems and scams with bitcoin purchases before. PayPal doesn't understand bitcoin and doesn't verify that it has been sent.
If you have any private messages from him via PayPal then there is nothing to worry because they will check your messages to find proof. If you contacted him through this forum or something else, you can still show screenshots to back yourself up but that might not succeed because screenshots can be edited. You will be at PayPal's mercy in this case.
Btw, btc is digital stuff. Not physical goods. If what you purchased wasn't a physical coin like cassasius then it is not physical, it is digital and you can't get a refund with these transactions. (unless you convince paypal for that you got scammed) Since ebay don't offer escrow services for these stuff, there isn't much you can do other than giving him a negative rating.
Btw, btc is digital stuff. Not physical goods. If what you purchased wasn't a physical coin like cassasius then it is not physical, it is digital and you can't get a refund with these transactions. (unless you convince paypal for that you got scammed) Since ebay don't offer escrow services for these stuff, there isn't much you can do other than giving him a negative rating.
Exchanging for BTC with paypal(or the other way around), if you're not doing so with a trusted member , is basically asking for being scammed.
I believe he successfully scammed you at this point.
I believe he successfully scammed you at this point.
How did you contact that person then if you don't have screenshots? No messages, skype or other emails? Is he a bitcointalk user then? You need to share the details of the transaction.
There is nothing that can happen with PayPal payments as the money can anytime be chargedback within 180 days of the transaction as they won't entertain complaints of bitcoin transactions/exchanges. They don't support those transactions and until you actually deal with a physical purchase/sale, you wouldn't have proof to provide and get saved from the cashback. They only work in favor of the sender.
There is nothing that can happen with PayPal payments as the money can anytime be chargedback within 180 days of the transaction as they won't entertain complaints of bitcoin transactions/exchanges. They don't support those transactions and until you actually deal with a physical purchase/sale, you wouldn't have proof to provide and get saved from the cashback. They only work in favor of the sender.
Paypal would protect me I think. I have major accounts there and tremendous feedback history. I don't use Paypal for anything bitcoin. For the future you should use an escrow service so you have strong protection. I don't offer escrow services here, but some senior + members around here do. You can check out several threads around here Another sure fire way to get strong escrow protection is to setup a localbitcoins account and buy through members there. You can pick one with thousands of 100% perfect feedback, plus escrow on top of that. Never been burned by an LBC transaction. Transactions going in the other direction have been smooth as well.
I've send a payment as goods and services, he blocked me, and then I opened a dispute like 30 minutes later!
He was sending messages that PayPal doesn't cover digital goods.
I've called PayPal and said it was a physical good.
They said they will ask him questions.
Is he going to successfully scam me or PayPal will protect me?
I don't have screenshots, logs of conversations, nothing!
Will PayPal still protects me?
He was sending messages that PayPal doesn't cover digital goods.
I've called PayPal and said it was a physical good.
They said they will ask him questions.
Is he going to successfully scam me or PayPal will protect me?
I don't have screenshots, logs of conversations, nothing!
Will PayPal still protects me?
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