Report person impersonating paypal

Xkclly
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I was scammed by a “buyer” who generated fake PayPal & eBay emails to “confirm shipment before receiving funds” and now the funds are retracted and they have the merchandise and I have no payment for the merchandise.
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Mustafajamal
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This site i bought item & dont recived yet i pay the money & i was should be recived my item after 8 days from 6 nov & dont recive yet this order email rengu[Removed. Phone #s not permitted]126.com
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kernowlass
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@Xkclly 

 

Sadly thats a common scam.

 

SCAM.
They may buy on Ebay but they use an anonymous or hijacked Ebay account and do not have a Paypal account so they can't use Ebay checkout.

They encourage you to accept a direct Paypal payment and may ask you to send the item internationally.
No funds or activity of the transaction shows in your Paypal account and any emails may go into your junk/spam folders.

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


Advice is voluntary.
Kudos / Solution appreciated.
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