Short of all-out litigation and hiring investigators to track the user down and hit him with a grand larceny charge given the total amount of money stolen from artists, it's doubtful anyone will get their money back, especially if Remivalism's suspicions about credit card fraud are true. PayPal tends to fall on the buyer's side in disputes and if it is a fraudulent transaction case, PayPal's policies for seller protection do not cover digital goods. ("The item sold must be a physical, tangible item that can be shipped. This means intangible items such as digital goods and services aren’t covered.")

On top of chargeback fees. 

I'm so sorry to hear of yet another prolific scammer case. There's really no (legal and reputable) way to protect yourself against this kind of scam either, as payments will all go through until they're suddenly charged back some weeks later. I have heard of times when PayPal has sided with the artist over the buyer, so I really wish good luck for everyone affected.

@remivalism January

Apparently its a family card so it might be a kid who used their parents card but not quite sure as it sounds like not  www.furaffinity.net/view/25457187/#cid:124504974 (idk if u can view cuz its on mature setting) but one of the user got their money back, a few artists got their PayPal account frozen because of the dispute though so they cant send or receive payment i believe while its going on. So they made a new paypal.

and yeah there isnt a way to protect from this scam as yeah paypal doesnt provide protection for digital good. So just doing our best atm to get things through and pray for the best...

I actually cannot see that link, but if it's information regarding the progress of recovery, it would be good to update the first post with it.

As for one artist already getting their money back, that is wonderful news to hear. Hopefully PayPal will notice that the current spam of issues originates from one problematic user and resolves the rest of the disputes in an equally satisfactory way.

Psst you might want to either crop or not include the kiwikorgi image because NSFW. 

January

Ah the link just leads to the comment which is this http://prntscr.com/hco74y 

feather--weather and oops forgot about that. thank you for that. I put the thumb in a spoiler with a warning above it

RumCandy

That is one thing I'll note. Always call on top of filing the appropriate evidence into the dispute online. Human interaction tends to go better than hoping someone reading over a screen will care enough to investigate further and give you your money.

Updated this thread!


January yeah has to call them tomorrow since they screwed me over when just asking for an update over twitter, ignoring me and closing my case.

Good thing I didn't have my partner contact them online through twitter as she has a bigger dent than me over these chargebacks, but wanted her to update her proofs before calling them but twitter looks like not the answer >.<"

Hi Rumcandy, did you ask what evidence the artist who got the money back sent? 

 And updated the thread again. The buyer changed his paypal email today
I checked in to paypal on phone and they said I couldn't do anything about it besides take it to court and can't open a ticket because the case got closed. So we're out of luck here.

Yue he just sent screenshots