is this a scam?

[kellieknight]

some1 has bought a item off me and insisted they payed via paypal, i sold the item for £150 i have recivered a email stating he has sent £230 to my paypal account, i have reciver 2 email which claim 2 be from paypal stating i have pending funds. there is no payments showing up on my paypal as pending, he is stating i should sent the phone 2 nigeria and its for his son as a gift from him. 

* what would you think

* would the payment show on my paypal account as pending?

[kernowlass]

Defo scam, just type ebay and nigeria into google and you will see how it works.

do not send the phone and file for non paying bidder on ebay to get your final value fee credit and relist.

Then make sure you use the buyer blocks available on ebay to stop them bidding again.

[kellieknight]

hi hun thanks for ur reply, my item was listed on gumtree not ebay so not sure what i can do about this.

[PayPal_Siobhán]

Hi there kellieknight,

I can confirm that the email notification that you received advising that you had received a payment was not sent by PayPal.

PayPal will never ask you to provide the tracking number of a posted item before receiving payment into your PayPal account.

You can forward these emails to spoof@paypal.com

Siobhan