potential scam

[williamD420]

wanted to know if I should trust someone that saw something i posted online for sale

but they want to buy it through paypal and asked me to send a payment request - i did

so then they said they sent me the payment

I looked at my account and I do not see anything pending to recieve the funds but i get a few emails saying that I need to ship the item to release the funds

So it looks fishy to me - since this was not directly linked to the item - so can someone confirm that paypal would not do something like this

[kernowlass]

@williamD420 

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.