Hello. I was in involved in a new scam and want to let everyone know. Long story short, I purchase something from an online forum. The seller was ok with PayPal Good and Service, so it did not throw me any reflags. I asked the seller to send an invoice, paid with Good and Service. The seller then ask me ofr a screenshot of the payment to verify and my phone number, which I thought was used for shipping. I did I later found out that the seller was a scammer since the item was also sold to another person on the forum. Also another member purchased something else from the same seller. We later found out that the forum seller account was compromised. We of course file a dispute on the transaction on PayPal. The "what the #$% moment" came the next morning. I received some weird notification on my PayPal App with message as "APP_OPS_FMT". I clicked on it and it loaded the PayPal app. I didn' think much about it. An hr later, I received an email from PayPal that my dispute status changed and I was disputing $6 dollars. My dispute was not over 6 dollars, but over $$$$, since it was a high priced item. I then proceed to login to my PayPal and saw that the seller accept the dispute of $6 dollars and that was the amount to be refunded, and the dispute was closed. I called PayPal, and they ask me to talk to my CC company. I did not authorize or change my dispute claim!!! Not sure how that happen, but I am guessing this could be an inside job. I have 2 factor authentication set up as well as really random password which could not be cracked, so I am sure my account was not compromised. I am not sure how they were able to change the status unless someone at PayPal did it. I called PayPal the 2nd time and asked what happen. They say they will escalate this matter. But I feel that PayPal is not safe anymore. Any input?
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