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I'll bet you this is 99.9% the following SCAM................
They encourage you to accept a 'direct' Paypal payment and if you don't have an account ask you to open one.
They ask you to send a money request or invoice so you 'think' its a paypal transaction.
The scammer can then send you fake Paypal emails to your correct name and email address.
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 but say they will arrange a shipping agent/courier to collect the item/vehicle.
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 anther payment processor than Paypal OR via providing some vouchers or tokens BEFORE the funds are released to you.
They are not interested in the vehicle, they just want that couriers/shipping funds and you will never see money in your paypal balance.
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 type of motor vehicle.
Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.
Advice is voluntary.
Kudos / Solution appreciated.
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I'll bet you this is 99.9% the following SCAM................
They encourage you to accept a 'direct' Paypal payment and if you don't have an account ask you to open one.
They ask you to send a money request or invoice so you 'think' its a paypal transaction.
The scammer can then send you fake Paypal emails to your correct name and email address.
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 but say they will arrange a shipping agent/courier to collect the item/vehicle.
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 anther payment processor than Paypal OR via providing some vouchers or tokens BEFORE the funds are released to you.
They are not interested in the vehicle, they just want that couriers/shipping funds and you will never see money in your paypal balance.
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 type of motor vehicle.
Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.
Advice is voluntary.
Kudos / Solution appreciated.
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