I have a question regarding paypal

JaeTak
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Hi, I am a new commer named Jae Tak who tries to sell macbook pro to the distant seller. I posted this macbook pro on craiglist, and buyer said he just wants to pay me through paypal. I recently receive email from paypal from email, and I do not know whether this email is real email sent by paypal agent or scam mail sent by someone else. Can someone verify this for me? Also, if it is not a scam, how can I receive my payment? I never used paypal in my life before, and I am afraid I might get scammed. What is the safety method to deal with selling goods? Please Let me know. Thank you.  Does anyone know this buyer? I put "it is my email for security reason", so don't think of this as an error.

Let me give the email of "paypal Agent email" : It is actually Gmail ( i cannot put the real email of the paypal agent ) 

Dear it is my email ,

 

You received an email from PayPal company.There is a fund of $1,250.00USD pending to be credited to your account.The funds have been confirmed by PayPal and has been deducted from Fred Mooney account.Your account will be credited as soon as we receive the shipping reference / tracking number / custom forms number of the shipped merchandise via email.

 
You are to ship ONLY to the VERIFIED SHIPPING ADDRESS below:
 
Name: Enoch Adusei
P.O Box AN8121
Accra - North
Country:Ghana.
Zipcode: 00233
 
The above address has been investigated and verified by PayPal and the BUYER Fred Mooney is a verified PayPal user.
 
INSTRUCTIONS IN REGARDS TO SHIPPING
1. You have to mail the merchandise out first before you can obtain the Tracking number / Custom Forms number at the post office.
2.You are to send the tracking number to us via email to my email address so that we can verify the numbers with USPS OFFICE.
 
Please note that you are not to give the tracking numbers to the BUYER until we have credited your account with the funds.
 
Thank You for using PayPal for your online transactions.
 
Shara White
 
PayPal Update Team.
 
 
PayPal Email ID:PP1525
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JaeTak
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I just relaized that the email I received was fake email sent by scammer.... Wow I was about to send my laptop to scammer yesterday through shipping. Thank god, must have been a god who actually told me not to ship it to scammer's address. When I arrived at my school's post office, I realized that the post office was closed. So yeah. I am so going to report this scammer. 

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