It appears that PayPal cares more about the people they send money to, even when they know those people are frauds, than about the ones who paid for their services. Unlike Western Union, they did not even try to help me get my money back. This is my last helpless effort through this channel, hoping someone finds a heart in the midst of all this. Please hear me out!!!
I told PayPal I never received what I paid for. I fell for a gimmick but caught it in time, yet PayPal has done nothing to help me get my money back, as if they are part of the scheme. I am asking again since PayPal said I had 45 days to file a complaint. At least Western Union called the overseas number (00 (44) 755-022-7803), verified that the company was a fraud, and returned my money. PayPal was put to shame by not even trying to give me my money back. Is this how we treat our veterans in this country? I can verify everything I have said. The only mistake I made was believing I won some money. Why should that cost me $1400.00? PayPal did not even make a call as part of their so-called investigation into case #PP-002-384-344-851, which I was told was closed.
It is sad, but I received a letter claiming I had won L500,000 GPB. It seemed so real that I did everything they requested of me. When it was time to have the money delivered, I was introduced to a courier who required L955.00GBP. I could not wait to send my money. I went online to PayPal and attempted to send the money, but for some reason it would not send. On 15 May at about 11:00pm I initiated an echeck, but I thought 3-5 working days was too slow and would not work for me. At about 9:00am I went to WalMart to send a MoneyGram, but to my surprise PayPal had already taken the money out of my checking account for the echeck. I went to my car and called PayPal from my cell phone and requested that the echeck be cancelled so I could get the money back in my account and send it to the courier now. When I cancelled the echeck, the customer service person told me that it would take 2-3 business days for the money to return to my account. I was not happy.
So I borrowed the money from a friend and went to the BX on Robins AFB (I am a vet) and sent almost all the money by Western Union (W.U.). When I did the conversion, I was a few dollars short, so I immediately sent another W.U. That alerted the W.U. fraud division. I was called on my cell phone and told it was a scam, and W.U. returned my money to the BX. Thinking what a fool I am, I am now waiting for the money from the echeck that I cancelled to be refunded to my account. Please do not let those crooks keep my hard-earned money. I am sure there must be a record of the conversation or someone to verify that what I am saying is the truth, so help me God.
It was said that I cancelled the transaction at the Credit Union. That is a lie, because the money was already out of my account and PayPal had it and was going to give it back to me. And that was good enough for me. PayPal does not deserve capital letters. My account history will verify that PayPal got the money from my account and to this day has not put it back into my account.
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