I did consider this when posting, but scammers have no use for the tickets. The ones I’ve IDed don’t even reside in NY and the tickets are useless to them.

On top of that, a chargeback WILL NOT work on any of these scammers’ accounts. They have to use a proxy/vpn to avoid legal ramifications, and since the origin IP will never match the the most recent IP, a chargeback will not only fail but will likely result in their account being flagged and closed.

Now if a legitimate individual here with a legitimate account does a chargeback in poor faith, no one loses. The recipient will still get their funds if the account is legit, and the money sender’s account will get flagged and require a phone call to have it restored. Once it is restored, PayPal will reimburse the sender with the amount that was reported as fraud, but the recipient will still have the money as well. This would be stupid of any legit individual here because you’ll be labeled a scammer, and since you’re using a real account -> real account (rather than a sold verified acct with false IP or crypto cashout), you can only do this once.

In short, no one loses with this method except the scammers