Sale with shipping charges
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Hello i sold an item and the customer paid with paypal they included 700 for shipping with western union. i received an email saying that i needed to send the money to western union and then my account would be credited
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Hi needyourhelp,
Welcome to the Community! 🙂
If asked to send money via Western Union as part of a PayPal transaction, it is almost definitely a scam. I suggest taking a look at this post from Adrian in the Examples of Suspected Fraud/Fake Emails thread. He lists some great resources that should really help.
Thanks for exercising caution! 🙂
Olivia
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I think I have been scamed and I thought Pay Pal was SUPPOSED to prevent this from happening?? I was contacted about an item I am selling and a price was agreed upon. Then I was contacted and told I had to pay shipping charges and the money would be added to my account. I stupidly did it trusting it was legit. I got a confirmation from Pay Pal saying the transaction was successful and the funds would be in my account within 6 to 12 hours.
I then got an email saying insurance money was needed to complete the sale. This is where I stop. I told the buyer to put the insurance money and money I already paid into my account and I would get the insurance. I tried to get the money back from Western Union but it was already gone.
I haven't heard back from the buyer and now feel like a fool for trusting and trying to help someone. I by no means can afford to lose the money I did and now I must try and get it back if I can. So much for secure and guranteed! Am I the only one to fall for this? How can this happen??
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