Escrow payment

[Lking4]

Hi, So somebody want to buy my laptop and they want me to send it to Cork in Ireland. They have paid the money and I got an email from PayPal saying saying the money is being held in an escrow account. It says once I have posted the tracking number and proof of postage they will release the funds. Can anyone tell me if this is all legit or not? Hoping I have posted this in the correct section as it's my first one. Thank you for any help.

[kernowlass]

@Lking4 

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.

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 do not do escrow.

Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.