Scammed By A False Sugar Daddy

[e1ie1]

Hi all, I've learned from my mistake and I won't do such again so please no negative comments. I recently was desperate looking for ways to raise a bit of money because my mother needed some assistance with something. Met a "sugar daddy" online and was too gullible. After enough pressure I gave in and spent a total amount of $11.65AUD, including PayPal fees. My point is, I tried to report this transaction as a unauthorised transaction but it got closed. I want to escalate this issue so that PayPal can see the real reason as to what happened. I got scammed and I want my money back. I know I made a mistake but I really need this. It isn't fair that I can't get it back. This guy also said he would refund it but didn't... Help.

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@e1ie1 

If you paid using friends/family then forget it as you won't be covered, other than that...........

A dispute for an unauthorised transaction is telling paypal that your account was hacked and used without your consent to make that transaction.
Paypal would check IP addresses and devices and close the dispute if it was you that made the transaction.

You are only allowed 1 dispute per transaction so the only way you can get a second dispute opened is to contact Paypal (when and if you can) and see if they will open a second dispute for you.
They may decline citing policies but if you say what happened then they might open a second dispute for you.

If not then if you funded your paypal payment via a credit card then consider contacting your card issuer and see if they will help you with a chargeback?

[e1ie1]

I will try call PayPal today. I think J chose the wrong thing when reporting it but I didn't know what else to do. I just have to be careful next time. Thanks