PayPal has verified accounts: I can't be anonymous. So, I think the risk is on me since my identity will be known and I offered to send the funds first, but I totally see how someone could be suspicious.
Yes also unverified and hacked lol
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Paypal to Paypal, at least you'd have some recourse were that a fraudulent transaction.
I'm still not sure why OP couldn't just use any number of
$ > BTC exchanges. Hell, I'm new here and there seem at least a dozen ways.