paypal scam?

pheebs05
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Hello,

I received a message for a facebook marketplace item I have listed for sale.

I've been communicating with an interested buyer who said he sent me the money through pay pal.

I received an email about this but the wording seemed a little off and was requiring shipping to go through before money was deposited.

I logged into my pay pal account to see if there was any notifications about this payment- there is not.

This seems sketchy.. the email I received was from <removed>

any thoughts?

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PayPal_Martina
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Hi @pheebs05,

 

Thank you for your post and welcome to the Community Forum! 

 

In general, when you receive a payment you always receive an email confirming that a payment has been sent to you. If you have just started selling using this account, PayPal may have placed the payments you receive in your pending balance for 21 days and you may be eligible for an early release if you provide the tracking number after shipping the item. We may ask you to provide additional information but the payment will still be showing in your PayPal account as 'Pending'. You can find more information here

 

Here is more information on fake emails.

 

I hope this helps!

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