Seller scammed me by telling me to use PayPal personal payment (friends and family)

A seller recently scammed me by convincing me to send a payment through PayPal as a personal payment (friends and family). I lost $135, not including a $4.99 fee. I feel so silly and naive. The seller sent me a PayPal account where money couldn’t be sent due to suspicious activity. Then, the seller sent me another account. At that point, I should have stopped. However, I continued.

After the money was sent, the seller said the money wasn’t received. The seller sent me a fake screenshot of a refund and asked me to pay again. At that point, I stopped.

Not having prior experience with this, I assumed that I would have some kind of recourse. I filed a claim in the PayPal resolution center. PayPal closed the case and couldn’t assist further due to it being categorized as a payment for friends and family.

After further research and reading other similar posts, I found out that there was ultimately nothing that I can do to recover my money. I paid with my PayPal balance.

I am thinking of this as a life lesson. Because of this experience, I found r/Scams. This must happen all of the time, but I just wanted to share my experience. Thank you.