possible fraud

[Ioana3]

Someone wanted to buy something from me. he asked me to open a PayPal account which I did. after that, I start receiving emails from a different g mail  address , telling me that the payment for the goods that the person wants to buy from me is pending until I pay the transportation fee through Money Gram to an unknown person who was supposed to be the transportation company. I was supposed to pay these big amount of money from my pocket, and then, the buyer was supposed to give me the money back through Pay Pal payment which is pending. So, I keep getting answers from Pay Pal g mail address that I must pay urgently the transportation money from my pocket, then they release the money to my account.

Is this possible?

I asked the buyer to cancel the pending payment, because I don't want to sell my item anymore. He claims that he can't cancel the payment which is pending (so his money are not in my account) because Pay Pal wouldn't agree with this.

as far as I understand, pay pal can't forbid you to cancel your payment if it is on pending status.

Can you share an advice? Did it also happen to you?

I suppose these are some people who want to fraud me convincing me to pay through Money Gram covered by the Legal face of Pay Pal method.

Many thanks in advance for you advice.

[kernowlass]

@Ioana3 

SCAM.

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 or spam folders.

They don't quibble on cost and may also say they can't view the item as they are disabled or working abroad etc etc but they will arrange a shipping agent to collect it.

You will get/got a "fake" email that looks as though it is from paypal.....it isn't because they don't actually have a Paypal account and have no intention of paying you.
It will say the buyer has paid ...you won't have been paid.

The 'fake' paypal email will tell you that the buyer has paid for the item + shipping costs but you must send those shipping costs to the courier/ shipping agent via western union, moneygram or walmart etc BEFORE the funds are released to you.
They are not interested in the item, they just want the western union etc funds and you will never see money in your paypal balance.

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

Paypal NEVER tell you to send an item before the payment is showing in your paypal account.
Paypal NEVER expect you to use a rival money transfer service eg Moneygram or Western Union etc.
Also their is no seller protection on paypal for any item that is collected by the buyer.
Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.