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Question: After someone sends you money via PayPal and it's in your
account, can they retract it? I thought that once it's in your account
it's your money.

Mark

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Walter Palmer <walterpalmer@me.com> wrote:

>
>
> PayPal is one of the few organizations that truly inspire my trust. It has,
> so far, actually worked the way it is supposed to. I have referred a few
> scams to them and they were all confirmed as such. I have not had one in a
> while - knock on wood.
>
> On Jul 21, 2010, at 3:07 PM, mdoyle13 wrote:
>
> > The same scammers tried to get me after I posted my 3G and Mophie Juice
> Pack on Craigslist. I was a bit leery after a couple of e-mail exchanges.
> But when I got the "PayPal" e-mail saying the money has been deducted from
> the buyer's account but was being held until I shipped the phone, I cut it
> off right then. I've since gotten a "reassuring letter" from "PayPal" but I
> forwarded the original to PayPal, which confirmed it was a fake. So it's
> back on the market.
> >
> >
> > --- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com <apple-iphone%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Tramaine Hill <iamtramaine@...> wrote:
> >>
> >> Check to see what other people have theirs listed for and then follow
> suit. Be
> >> careful with international buyers. I got hoodwinked last month by a
> person in
> >> Nigeria. I shipped my phone to him after receiving a fraudulent email
> from
> >> paypal and never actually got the payment. Couldn't get the phone back
> either.
> >> So, beware.
> >>
> >>
> >> Tramaine
> >>
>
>
>

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