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I have an item for sale on gumtree. Someone says they will buy it by PayPal. They said they will send the money plus extra money for a courier to pick up item. They said I would get a n email which I got which was in my spam. It said PayPal has received amount but I would need to send a voucher to the courier before I get the money. Seems wrong to me
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Yes, it is wrong. Scam. PayPal doesn't ask you to send a voucher, gift card, or give tracking number before you see or receive payment.
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Yes, it is wrong. Scam. PayPal doesn't ask you to send a voucher, gift card, or give tracking number before you see or receive payment.
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It seems that they have updated their scam - instead of vouchers they now want "Bitcoin" to be used for the courier agent.
Similar to the other incidents I received an email from"PayPal" to confirm payment but that it was being held pending payment confirmation of the overpayment to the courier agent. As soon as I read Bitcoin I knew something was up - checking the email whilst it said PayPal on the surface heading a quick check revealed that it was a gmail account instead.
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