Spam Email

[tawfeq19]

I sold a dress to a lady on Facebook. And I have received an email that said she sent me 230$ on PayPal. Also, after 10 minutes got an email that said my account has a limit only 100$ so if I want to get the money she should send me another 700$ to upgrade my account to a business account. She sent 700$ and I got another email that said I should send her 700$ by Zelle to get 930$. All my concern is that real or fake??????? because I shipped the dress and I had sent her the tracking number!!!!

[kernowlass]

@tawfeq19 

100% SCAM.

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.

Once you have become a victim they may try again with more fake Paypal emails with other reasons that you must send them a payment for custom fees / to verify, expand or upgrade an account.

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.
Paypal NEVER expect you to use a rival money transfer service eg Moneygram, Western Union, Bank Transfer or any sort of gift token or voucher.
Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.