The problem for me is that I still need a PayPal account. So I don't want to be the direct actor of the complaint. But of course they didn't protect my funds from fraud. However, I will be happy if this type of fraud is stopped for the sake of other people. This is where you can primarily report Brainity and all their activity. https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/report-fraud_en Can you describe what happened and what the fraud looks like? You can also show them the initial invoice from Brainity for a small amount. In my opinion, he will pay VAT on this invoice. I probably won't be far from the truth if I say that Brainity no longer pays taxes to the European area on the subsequent money they get from fraud. I don't have subsequent invoices either. So, along with cheating people, there is a high probability of tax evasion. Tax evasion investigations in the EU are investigated by OLAF. https://anti-fraud.ec.europa.eu/olaf-and-you/report-fraud_en And subsequently, if these European institutions prove fraud and tax evasion, it is possible that based on this, Paypal will receive instructions on what to do in the European Economic Area and how it must protect users. After that, it is quite likely that you can get your money back. You can also show them that there are more people like that. Just write to google Breinety... fraud or scam or robbing. And you can show them that this is a problem, and if they don't stop it, the scam will not end. People are clueless on Facebook, Reddit, Paypal and many other places complaining about this scam.
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