El Mas Loco
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Been out drinking all day and thought I got myself a bargain off some random lady's front bottom on Twitter, £550 for 2 off PandaTickets. Blocked within 2 minutes of transferring the money, the dirty bastard.
Who has been scammed?
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If it sounds too good to be true it usually is sadly
I don't even think I would do it through Ticombo.
skaillbear
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A fool and his money are easily parted
Mount_Bear
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Well that was stupid
DrumBear
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Was it a bank transfer?
Bear all
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What’s Panda tickets ?
Debra Morgan
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Edinburgh zoo tickets?
mdingwall
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You buy them and it feels like two black eyes.
No need
El Mas Loco
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PayPal friends and family if that makes any difference?
Bear all
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It does now shouldn’t mock.
Share the correspondence with PayPal there is a chance they will refund you, albeit slim.
MountFBear
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It does, should have went for goods and services and they wouldve pulled out.
TonySoprano
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WalterSandy
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You won't do that again...
Fckn scumbags.
Fckn scumbags.
G A K
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Yip worth a try PayPal are not the worst as I have found in the past
Ah bugger. As above, get onto PayPal and be honest about being scammed and that they've blocked you.
Make sure to tell them the seller told you to send it via family/friends and you aren't completely familiar with PayPal, play slightly dumb
DrumBear
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Gives you some cover mate. Contact PayPal, and tell them the situation. Only downside was doing friend and family. You should still be covered though
douzpwa
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Zoo tickets to sit and watch Pandas for 90mins possibly 120mins any longer would see Panda penalties against you with a fine up to £275 per person be very careful the zoo may be closed due to a Panda-emic?
He needs to stop visiting El Ma's Local if thinking of going to a game tbf!
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As soon as they asked for it as friends and family, you should really have walked away.
Put down to experience now I guess.
A red flag in itself
If it’s something I want and the price is good I always say goods and services and transfer extra to cover the charges. If it’s a real legit seller they will have no problem with that.
Ted Rangers
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At least PayPal are usually quite good, hopefully you get your money back.
grant1986
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The Twitter accounts they’ve retweeted saying things like “got tickets for the Europa league final, thanks to @pandatickets” were only created in April and have very few followers. Clearly a scam. Hope you get your money back OP.
Johnny Yen
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Sore one dude, the amount of folk sprouting up on social media selling tickets is unreal.
Rangers Bear
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Is that you, Super Ally
Craigie
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Sorry to hear that. Using F&F in PayPal unfortunately diminishes your chances of restitution. However, get onto your bank / CC provider and state that PayPal does not make it clear things are at risk when using F&F at the time you push the button to pay. It’s one thing hiding behind pages of T&Cs compared to spelling it out at the time you commit to payment. The point is PayPal know it is easy to get caught out and they have a responsibility to make that clear, yet they don’t. Don’t be fobbed off by their first response, keep pushing they should make it clearer and you have a better chance to get your money back. Good luck.
Goggs21
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TheSandMan
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Aye that's a red flag right away. Think he will struggle to get refunded now because of that.
1914-18
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Desperate times call for desperate measures, justvhappy I'm getting to go even though its cost me a fortune
Britannia89
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Sorry to hear that mate that's fucking rotten. Some of the comments in here shocking, too.
psykal
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Did you miss the part where he said he had been drinking all day?
BroomhouseBear
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If you’re paying over the odds to strangers online ALWAYS do it through a site allowing you to pay by credit card.
It all goes pear shaped and you can instigate a charge back. NEVER do a bank transfer.
As for the OP, it might seem a pain but report it to the police and your bank. The bank account number and sort code are easily traceable. It’s fraud and should be chased by the cops (don’t hold your breath though). Certainly if it’s UK bank account it’s a 5 minute job for them to find out who the scumbag is.
It all goes pear shaped and you can instigate a charge back. NEVER do a bank transfer.
As for the OP, it might seem a pain but report it to the police and your bank. The bank account number and sort code are easily traceable. It’s fraud and should be chased by the cops (don’t hold your breath though). Certainly if it’s UK bank account it’s a 5 minute job for them to find out who the scumbag is.
Gutted for you. Horrible thing to happen
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Pay pal will refund for sure, also pay with a credit card as they will refund fraud
Saturnblue
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El Mas Loco
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I used a debit card and paid through friends and family? Will the refund that? I’ve got screenshots of it all.
ItsInTheNet
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That really is a shame OP. Hope you get some joy out of PayPal.
