Did I get scammed and how do I get my money

[ty023212]

I was using the app Offer Up to sell a drone worth $700 and someone offered to buy it full price and to send it to Houston, from arizona and they sent me the money over paypal supposedly and I got an email saying it wouldn't show up in my account activity until I responded with a shipping number so I shipped it and sent the number and still no activity even though the email said I should have the funds by now. What do I do?

[kernowlass]

@ty023212

This is a typical scam ..................

You will get/got a "fake" email that looks as though it is from paypal.....it isn't because they don't actually have a Paypal account and have no intention of paying you.
It will say the buyer has paid ...you won't have been paid.
They will tell you that the payment is released when you provide paypal with a tracking/shipping number......this won't happen.

Paypal NEVER tell you to send an item before the payment is showing in your paypal account.
Paypal do not tell you to send trackable, they advise it for selling protection but it is not compulsory.

[ty023212]

So what do I do now?

[kernowlass]

@ty023212

Not a lot you can do really, you were the victim of a scam.

Was it an international transaction?

[ty023212]

No it was from Arizona to Houston texas

[kernowlass]

@ty023212

ok so can you pursue private legal action in your country or not?