If there's fraud or something goes wrong, will PayPal get me my money back?

I'm buying an iPhone off of Craigslist. I have pictures and everything looks fine. If I pay the money and don't get it or its fake or some kind of fraud, will I get my money back?

Craigslist should really only be used to buy things locally. If they have to mail it then I wouldn't do it.

PayPal can only do so much, so your money would probably be gone.

No your money is gone craigslist through paypal= scam 99% of the time

No because Craigslist is ONLY supposed to be for face to face CASH transactions. The only time your purchases are protected by Paypal is if you buy from an online retailer that accepts paypal through the secure payment page on their website. So if you were buying from Apple.com, Amazon.com, Bestbuy.com, Ebay.com or any other online retailer that accepts paypal as a payment you would be protected

Sites like Craigslist are for person to person transactions and All transactions are on an as-is basis. You can't get a refund from a Craigslist transaction which is why Craigslist tells you to only deal with people you can meet in person and never give money before you have inspected the item in person. With a phone always meet the seller at either the Apple store or the store that provides their account to verify the phone is a real iPhone (not a Chinese clone) and that the phone has not been reported stolen. If you don't you are getting scammed. 99% of the iPhones sold on Craiglist are stolen and you don't find out until you go to activate it

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