I got potentially scammed and need some help

[DropX]

Dear forum members,

I potentially got scammed today for quite a big amount of money,

I truely do not know what to do and im very scared and panicking a lot.

I agreed to buying an account from a guy for around 265 usd, i paid his invoice that he sent as ''Virtual item'' he told me that after 48 hours i had to simply click confirm receipt and that i will get what i paid for. After 48 hours there was no button so he decided to start a dispute under the category of refund and to put only 1/265 dollars as the refund. We both typed in the dispute that we wanted the money to be released to the seller so that he can give me the item i paid for. After a few hours of doing this he blocked me on discord, i was quite suspisious of the whole thing but after that i knew i was scammed. I was smart enough to screen record the entire discord chat with him. Paypal wont let me upload the proof here but i uploaded it on the dispute as additional information. I'm wondering, im i **bleep** or will the dispute change into a full refund after they see my proof and not only 1 dollar?

Please help me out im scared and confused and this is all new to me. 

Thanks a lot!

[PayPal_RebeccaN]

Hey @DropX, 

Thank you for your post. 

I understand this is a concerning situation. In order to have this case reviewed for a potential appeal, you will need to contact our customer service team directly. 

To contact our customer service team, click 'Help' or 'Contact' at the bottom of any PayPal Webpage. 

You can also contact us via Facebook PM's or Twitter DM's. 
For Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PayPal
For Twitter: @AskPayPal

Please keep in mind you should not confirm receipt of an item or service unless you are happy that you have received your item/service. 

I hope this helps, have a nice day! 

Rebecca 
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[DropX]

Hi,

Thanks for the respond but It does not matter anymore, i contacted every possible thing and they all said the same.

I won the case but only the 1 dollar so the scammer still has 264 dollars. Quite a weird way of ''protecting customers''.

But hey it is what it is.