Transaction

[Apee86]

Hey all I’m selling a wedding dress through fb and I’ve been getting a lot of emails about it. I don’t use PayPal a bunch only for small things. The lady who wants to purchase the dress sent me the money but it’s on hold till I give the tracking number. There is nothing in my PayPal account about it I just keep getting emails. Is this legit?

[kernowlass]

@Apee86 

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/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.
Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.