Payment hold

[Benramsey1]

Hello my name in Ben and I do not know much about PayPal however I use depop and was asked if I take PayPal, the man suggested he paid me the money for an item over PayPal and now I’ve had an email saying the payment is temporary on hold until I give shipment details however I’ve no idea where to send details and I haven’t had any notifications from my PayPal app or anything like that and I’m scared to send the items in case it’s a scam bcos I don’t want to lose out on the money, can anyone help me?

[kernowlass]

@Benramsey1 

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.
Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.