Payment status - pending

[Haych12]

I’m selling an item through eBay and the buyer said I should request a payment from them through PayPal which I did, and I received an email in my junk mail which didn’t look legit. It says once it has been shipped out I will then get a confirmation email from PayPal saying the funds will be credited to your account? Is this such a thing? And also when I logged into PayPal activity it didn’t show anywhere the buyer has sent the money or any sort of payment is pending the last thing that shows is my request for the payment.

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@Haych12 

SCAM.

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.

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 or spam folders.

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.
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.

[Haych12]

Thank you for your help! They wanted it shipped out to Lagos, now it makes sense! This person is very smart she gave a detailed answer to why it was sent to my junk mail

[kernowlass]

@Haych12 

Do a search using paypal and nigeria on google and you will see this is a common scam unfortunately.