Most of the examples noted elsewhere in this thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34914880 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34914880) are examples o

Most of the examples noted elsewhere in this thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34914880 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34914880) are examples of people getting scammed and temporarily not having access to the amount they were scammed out of. I'm not sure how anywhere else like paypal would be able to handle this kind of situation any differently.