Friends and Family Ticket Scam - any recourse?

[Dunnesimon84]

I've been scammed by a ticket tout who asked me to pay via friendly and family? Have I any recourse?

[kernowlass]

@Dunnesimon84 

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.

[Dunnesimon84]

Sounds like I'm **bleep**. Should I report the email to PayPal so they can't scam other people?

[kernowlass]

@Dunnesimon84 

You can report using the report link in paypals acceptable use policy HOWEVER you will be reporting yourself as well as you broke paypal rules by trying to purchase an item using the friends/family option.