need advise please help

[sonnicee]

I have just received a large payment for an item I am selling, it is sitting in my paypal account as pending, I was told that before the money would be released, I have to go to western union make a $300 payment which the buyer is covering but I have to dish out the money first and once I do that with werstern union I have to contact pay pal and verfiy that is was done and then they will release the money into my account.  I am not sure if this a new policy or if I am being taken for.  Any advise would be great.  The buyer is covering the $300 which is apart of the amount pending in my account, I don't want to take $300 out of my own account to do this not knowing if this is real or a scam. 

[SirTinLee]

SCAM

[stellabean · Accepted solution]

Don't do it. This is a scam!!!! Pay-Pal and Western Union are separate companies. You can't contact Pay-Pal for any answers about western Union transactions. You should never have to put out your money to get money from a customer. This is a new variation on an old bad check scam.

[noquisi]

Okay, I sold an item, now I get a message from the buyer that he has "reached my limit with PayPal," and needs to get "verified."  He still wants the item and states that PayPal informs him that this "verification" will take a few days,  am I obligated to wait, or can I offer the item to the next highest bidder?  Thank you.