Buyer asking me to pay agents fees and verify so PayPal will release their funds to me?

[MrsJavelin]

I am selling a Motorhome on eBay and got an email from a buyer who sais she has paid the funds to PayPal but that the funds are being held until I pay their agents fees via MoneyGram and provide proof that I have. She even sent me a photo of her drivers licence and the name and address of her agent. It looks and feels too good to be true - has anyone else seen anything like this???

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@MrsJavelin 

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 etc etc but they will arrange a shipping agent 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 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 tell you to do anything before the payment is showing in your paypal account.
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.