Scam with Paypal

[xxxCENSOREDxxx]

Hey all,

right now I don't find the time to play, but I still had two Steam voucher/cash cards lying around. I put them on Ebay local offers (like craigs list), for someone to pick them up and give me a reduced price.
I got approached twice.
The first one was odd, couldn't wait for the voucher and wanted me to send them in return for a screenshot of his online bank transaction, I rejected him.
Second one offered me to pay on Paypal, I accepted since I thought it was save. I received the money, and send the codes. All good, until later that day I got approached by the (presumably real) Paypal user from whose account I got the money, asking me for what it was for. I explained, he said, he didn't do it and withdrew the money. Now, I have no money, and the codes are probably redeemed.
Does anyone know what to do? Can Steam check who redeemed the codes and ban/report the person. I mean this is fraud, quite professional, which allegedly involved hacking a Paypal account. I reported to Ebay and Paypal already.

Hope someone can help.
Thanks in advance
Cheers!

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Contact Ebay support and report the buyer and have the other person contact Paypal and request an unauthorized transactions investigation.

You are basically SOL in this.

[kate]

Yeah sucks man, all you can do is contact paypal and ask what they can do.

[Frank ツ]

how can a person even withdraw money? ( sorry i rarely use paypal )

[Hanomaly]

Originally posted by Frank Underwood ¯\_(ツ)_/¯:

how can a person even withdraw money? ( sorry i rarely use paypal )

go to google. Google "paypal payment dispute" OR "paypal chargeback"

[xxxCENSOREDxxx]

Thanks for the responds. :)

I am still waiting for Ebay to answer.
The unauthorized transaction investigation on paypal was opened yesterday by the other person. As of this morning it is closed. He got his money back, I didn't. I contacted paypal again, no response here until now.
I too was not aware that someone on paypal can revoke a transaction. (He didn't actually withdrew money from me. Sorry, I used the wrong word in OT.) This was the reason, why I allowed paypal in first place.

But what the hell is wrong with these scammer? I reduced the price by 20% already. Be fair!

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Scammers will try to get free things anyway possible. And it being a Steam card code, it is very easy for them to scam others into selling them since those are not traceable. You can't find out which account used it and when.

[xxxCENSOREDxxx]

And why the hell do I have the loss, if the other paypal user got hacked, or has had poor account security settings?

[xxxCENSOREDxxx]

So you think the scammer sold them again and didn't redeem them himself?
But doesn't Steam keep track?
I have been investing way too much time already. It is not a huge loss (~60€), but it sure is depressing. And I it annoys me that the scammer gets away with it. Damn :D

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fraud-seller-tips.html

Sellers always risk being scammed.