hacked ebay accounts stole my money when selling

face8111
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Hi there

I was naive and tryed to sell bitcoins in small amount on ebay. Price was £7.99 for 0.001 BTC

I was super sussecsive as all sold in an hour or so. So I put again and ebay increased my selling allovances from 200 to 400 then 2000.

2 days later when great amount sold and I sent a lot to BTC addresses I realised all is fraud. From hacked ebay accounts.

I did not panic. I decided to accept I am living in a fairy tale and it was the punch to wake me up.

I lost about £250 and forget about it. This could be thousands easily if I don wait 24 hours...

Paypal policy excludes BTC. No seller protection on this.

I am punished by other people`s ignorance. 

But now my account is in £36 negative. I did not take any money out from the paypal account as it was suspended and locked for 180 days.

Ebay dont care or want to hear anything about it. 

If all the money was locked how it went to minus? 

Must be some misunderstanding. Any clue guys?

thanks

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kernowlass
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@face8111

 

Even if your paypal account was locked, if a buyer opens a dispute then they may still win a refund and if paypal had to refund them then they would put your paypal account into negative and chase you for that money.

 

The other option is did Ebay take their seller fees?


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