You should have listened to my feedback on that guy--it was pretty much known he was trying to scam from the get-go. You have to be extra careful with PayPal. Don't be stupid next time.
I'm assuming you think OP paid with bitcoins, but from his post history it appears that he was buying BTC with PayPal.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1672944.msg16798074#msg16798074I'm pretty sure you can still dispute a gift transaction.
Yeah, I have no way of knowing this since OP apparently can't be bothered to give details about the scam or fill out a scam accusation form. Shouldn't have to go searching for what happened. There's no character limit here, so write away OP. You'll be helping the community.
And if OP paid with PayPal, then what actmyname stated should be true. You can recover what you paid--hopefully.