Paypal Fraud Money

Last Week, i sold a webdesign to a Ex clan member. I thought it would of been 100% Pure safe, but i should of realised something was going on when his name was tyler and his email of paypal was mike and the email was located off a dentist in american when hes english. He sent me the £30 in paypal, so i sent him the template thinking what a quick and easy deal it was. Paypal contacted me about 3 days later saying

Originally Posted by paypal Dear Lewis Ainslie, It has come to our attention that you may be the recipient of potentially unauthorised funds. We have initiated an investigation into this event. In the meantime, we have placed a temporary hold on the funds in question until the investigation is complete. This temporary hold will show as a deduction in your available balance. In the meantime, you are free to continue transacting using your PayPal account.

Then it goes on how to explain how to give them infomation about who was the sender, blah blah. So i sent them a email back saying all of the infomation i had gathered on that person.

Then once that is send i got a email back the next day saying

Originally Posted by paypal We have finished our investigation of the following transaction and have removed the temporary hold. This temporary hold was removed because we have determined that the transaction was not unauthorised. PayPal constantly monitors transactions for unauthorised use of accounts in order to maintain the safety of our users.

I thought, Kool it wasnt fraud money and i was all safe to spend the cash that i had earned. Until paypal sent a further email to me Today. Saying.

Originally Posted by paypal ayPal is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community of buyers and sellers. Our team employs the most advanced systems in the world to protect the security of your account. During a recent review of our system, we determined that you received funds from an account that reportedly has been associated with possible unauthorized use. The transaction was reversed because you were not covered by PayPal's Seller Protection Policy. Note: This reversal is in accordance with our User Agreement, Section VII, Paragraph 3.

Im quite annoyed at the level of professionalism of paypal, One minute there saying its fraud, then its not, then it is again. I have lost a Layout for the money they have reversed out of my account.

Dream
Annoyed.

You can't do much about it. It has happened to me and I warned people here. Be more careful in future.

Yeah, i suppose so mate. But it is the fact of paypal saying the money is safe to spend then taking it back saying it isnt is the thing that shocks me.


Dream

How do you get fraudulant funds?

There is a very simple alternative to this. Get clients to pay with a direct credit into your bank account.

i'm sorry, but £30?

Happened to me once. I got $50.00 then used that to buy something and few days later PayPal took the money back saying it was fraud and the actual user never ment to send me the money. So i ended up having -$50.00 balance and had to pay that using my CC So pissed... payments should be FINAL!

no offense, but i've stopped being surprised at someone getting hosed by paypal

Be glad you only lost £30, learn from it, and move on

Originally Posted by brendan no offense, but i've stopped being surprised at someone getting hosed by paypal Be glad you only lost £30, learn from it, and move on

Will learn from my mistakes,


Dream

Look at the positive side, your safe when buying with ebay