Help excepting payments via paypal for sales on craigslist

[Myhatzoff2u]

I want to sell on craigslist but don't know how to collect payment via my paypal account?  Someone told me that all a buyer needs is my email account to send me payment, is this true and could someone explain to me how the whole thing works?

[snowshoe]

Unfortunately, don't do that.  You need to send the buyer an invoice if you want to follow the guidelines under the User Agreement for Seller Protection.  If you simply provide the buyer your email address, they will send you the funds via the Send Money feature.  This is the typical Craig's List scam.  Scammers understand the User Agreement and how PayPal works.  Also make sure you have at a minimum, a Premier Account.  Permier Accounts allow the buyers to pay by credit card.