Being scammed

Forcecatcher
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I'm selling my Harley Davidson on eBay and this "buyer" wants me to send him my email address that I use for PayPal. I sent him my PayPal payme link and he doesn't want that, he wants my email address. Am I being scammed?

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kernowlass
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@Forcecatcher

 

YES....he can't send FAKE paypal emails to you with a paypal.me link >>>>>

 

SCAM.


They encourage you to accept a 'direct' Paypal payment and may ask you to send the item internationally.

They may buy on Ebay but they use an anonymous or hijacked Ebay account and DO NOT have a Paypal account so they can't use Ebay checkout.
No funds or activity of the transaction shows in your Paypal account and any emails 'may' go into your junk or 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 western union, moneygram or walmart etc BEFORE the funds are released to you.
They are not interested in the bike, they just want the western union etc 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 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.

 

 

 

 


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kernowlass
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@Forcecatcher

 

YES....he can't send FAKE paypal emails to you with a paypal.me link >>>>>

 

SCAM.


They encourage you to accept a 'direct' Paypal payment and may ask you to send the item internationally.

They may buy on Ebay but they use an anonymous or hijacked Ebay account and DO NOT have a Paypal account so they can't use Ebay checkout.
No funds or activity of the transaction shows in your Paypal account and any emails 'may' go into your junk or 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 western union, moneygram or walmart etc BEFORE the funds are released to you.
They are not interested in the bike, they just want the western union etc 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 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.

 

 

 

 


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Forcecatcher
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Thank you for your input, I felt like it was a scam from the beginning and did not give my email address to him. Just wanted to be sure.
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nevadasmith
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 don't think there is seller protection for Harley.check seller protection

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kernowlass
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Well theres no seller protection as its a SCAM and none of it done using paypals site.


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