filing for fraud payment between friends
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i understand paypalk will nto refund me witha payment sent between friends,. but i shoudl be able to reprot the thief,. and its not posisble, it means he can continue to defraud others peacefully and paypal do not care. i sent 120 euros to a guy lately and he has not ship the article, i want report him and i can't, a big lack from paypal. i will nto use paypal for this anaymore and i will restrain using paypal due to the lack of assistance reporting a theif
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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.
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I accidentally paid $500 to the wrong PayPal recipient, and now I can't get my money back, even though I've requested the $500 back. Any advice?
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All you can do is reach out to the wrong email addy / person and request that they issue a refund as it was a mistake. Unfortunately as you sent a gift of money no one can force them to do so. OR you can contact your credit card issuer if you funded your paypal payment that way but again they may refuse to chargeback as it was a gift payment, worth a try though.
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