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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blaubart, post: 1975861, member: 37498&quot;]I don&#039;t want people to get the wrong idea from Peter&#039;s post above, so please allow me clarify a couple points.</p><p><br /></p><p>To anyone who may be considering scamming people using PayPal Gift: Intentionally taking money from a person and not delivering the goods promised is a crime, regardless of the method of payment used.&nbsp; It&#039;s not just a policy violation that will be handled internally by PayPal.&nbsp; It is not a civil matter.&nbsp; It is a criminal offense.</p><p><br /></p><p>Given the nature of the Internet and PayPal, if you fraudulently advertise goods for sale here and receive payment through PayPal, that would be a federal crime.&nbsp; The postal inspectors will not investigate if the postal system was not involved, but the FBI will.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>All that being said, it&#039;s better to be safe than sorry.&nbsp; Unless you really, really trust the person you are buying from, do not send funds via PayPal gift, or cash, or Western Union, etc..&nbsp; Sure, the FBI <i>might</i> give them hell for it, they might even get a conviction, but you may never get your money back.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d also go so far as to say don&#039;t use PayPal to buy from people here unless there is at least some level of trust, and the dollar value at stake should be appropriate to the level of trust established.&nbsp; For example, I might be willing to use PayPal to buy something for $10 with a person who has only been here for a month, but certainly not $1000, and absolutely not via PayPal Gift.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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