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[MrT8]

My son has been offered £850 for a car he is selling the person cannot pick it up in person due to the virus so they are sending somebody to pick up the car which is a 2 hour drive, they are paying the full asking price without looking at the car .They are paying with pay pal once the money goes into his account can it be removed

as not sure if this is a scam

thanks

[kernowlass]

@MrT8 

CHECK ITS NOT THIS SCAM. 

They encourage you to accept a direct Paypal payment. 
No funds or activity of the transaction shows in your Paypal account and any emails may go into your junk/spam folders.

They don't quibble on cost and may also say they can't view the item as they are disabled or working abroad or sending as a gift to a family member but they will arrange a shipping agent or courier to collect it.

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.

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 by providing some vouchers or tokens before the funds are released to you.
They are not interested in the CAR they just want that couriers/shipping funds and you will never see money in your paypal balance.

Paypal NEVER tell you to send an item before the payment is showing in your paypal account.
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.
There is no seller protection on paypal for any type of motor vehicle.

Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.

[MrT8 · Accepted solution]

I had a feeling it might be a scam and as soon as we asked for contact details ie name and address it went quiet until the following day when she said it was paid into your paypal account and check your junk /which it did not

Thanks for your help

[kernowlass]

@MrT8 

Thanks for marking your own post as having solved the issue and not leaving me any kudos either 😏

[MrT8]

Kernowless

my apologies as i am new to this post i just ticked it was solved and did not know about kudos

You actually solved this problem for me so again i opologies

so could you explain kudos

thanks again