Scam or not in receiving money

[yanie_slcdo77]

I received an email from service @ intl .paypal.com and I'm not sure if it's a scam or not Hello Ariane Nikole Salting, May-12-2016 Receipt no.- (not permitted in this community to post) You have received an instant payment of P37,000.00 PHP from Rose Pamela, paypal account to your bank account. This payment has been approved and it is currently pending for shipment details to be received, before it will be transferred. You are to send out the parcel that has been paid for by our client and send the shipment details to us in other for negotiations to be commenced with your bank and finally transfer the money into your bank account. Creditor's info- confirmed Name On Account: Ariane Nikole Salting Account Number: 0159195228 Bank Name: Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) Swift Code: BOPIPHMM Shipping address - confirmed Receiver's Name: Michael Ade Address: 345 school road street accra City: Accra Newtown Country: Ghana Zip-code: 00233 Ship via express service 3- 5 days delivery Description Unit price Qty Amount P37,000.00 PHP 1 P37,000.00 PHP Shipping and Handling Subtotal P0.00 P37,000.00 Total P37,000.00 Issues with this transaction? You have 45 days from the date of the transaction to open a dispute in the Resolution Center. IMPORTANT NOTE: This PayPal® payment has been deducted from the buyer's account and has been "APPROVED" but will not be credited to your bank account until the shipment reference / tracking number is sent to us for verification so as to secure both the buyer and the seller.Below are the necessary information requested before your account will be credited. Send the tracking number of the package to us by replying directly to this email and our customer security service center will attend to your tracking number. As soon as you send us the shipment tracking number to us for verification, the money will be credited into your account. Need Assistance? Reply directly to this email by using the reply button in your Mail Box and Quote the Above Transaction ID for quick recognition of this our customer care service will attend to you. Copyright © 1999-2016 PayPal. All rights reserved. PayPal Email ID PP1469 - adcb99a5bae89 Thank you for using PayPal! The PayPal Team. Learn More

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@yanie_slcdo77

THIS IS A TYPICAL PAYPAL SCAM.

They encourage you to use paypal and often ask you to send the item as a gift to a relative somewhere often Nigeria.

You will get/got a "fake" email that looks as though it is from paypal.....it isn't.

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.

They also threaten legal action...have a laugh at that one and ignore it as its rubbish.

Paypal NEVER tell you to send trackable, they advise it for seller protection etc but it is not compulsory.

Paypal NEVER tell you to send an item before the payment is showing in your paypal account.

Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.

Did you not suspect it was a spoof? Did you not see the appalling grammar and spelling?

[yanie_slcdo77]

Thank you for clarifying this. I really suspected the email I received. Knowing that it should be a pay first deal. So I searched for that email saying that it's a "genuine paypal email". Still having doubts I continued searching, and saw questions about this being asked. Then I found one with exactly the same email received as I have. So, thank you so much for replying! I was nearly scammed again 😞