I think i got scammed almost all my money and i need help

[LuniG3ist]

so one day i was looking at this sex worker on one of those camshow websites, and she wanted to make a deal that resorts in me paying less, because i know nothing about how PayPal works with friends and family, i ended up paying over 400 dollars, and she told me for me to get the refund i have to send more money so a admin can send me my money back, now i send another 350, then a email from a PayPal admin showed up saying i have to pay another 350 to retrieve my money back, then when i saw the email, i realized i was getting scammed from the look of the email. can someone confirm that this email is real or not. if not, what do i do to get my money back?

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[kernowlass]

@LuniG3ist 

It would be a scam 100% without even seeing the email.

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 but that 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.