Potential Scam

[Jdog02]

Hi I just need someone to verify an email for me someone preferably from PayPal as I do not want to get scammed and I believe that this person is trying to scam me. Someone, please help.

[mito88]

I can help you.

[Jdog02]

Hey, thanks for reaching out. So I was selling my ps4 on eBay as I don't use it anymore with 2 games and this guy asks me to get him one $300 gift card for eBay. He said he would pay me fifty dollars for gas and fifty dollars to cover the shipping if I got him this gift card. I was skeptical at first but he explained why he wanted it and I trusted him. When I got to the store to get the gift card there wasn't any for eBay, so he said apple was fine. Then he asks me to get a $500 shortly after and said he made a mistake and needs to get his siblings one so he asks me to get it. He said he is in the marines so he doesn't have enough time to get them and asks me to put them in the box with the ps4. Now I thought this is getting super weird, but I do it anyways as I wanted to see if this guy was just a piece of sh** scammer or actually a person who genuinely cares about his family. He also said that his cousin had cancer and I felt super bad as I know what that's like and can relate to the toll it takes on your family. Anyway so now I'm here not knowing if I should call my bank or apple and just get my money back or if I should go through with it. Here is the email I got from "paypal" it was in my spam folder which was weird but the email just doesn't look right. If I am wrong and the email is correct, then please let me know. If you do not know then that's fine and I will probably just get this whole mess refunded.

[kernowlass]

@Jdog02 

No one can do that here, your best bet is to give us a gist of the email content.

OR is it one of these SCAMS..........

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/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 or sending as a gift to a family member but they will arrange a shipping agent or courier to collect it.

OR they may tell you that you have to send them the code to a gift card first before your funds are released...rubbish.

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.

OR
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 another payment processor than Paypal or by providing some vouchers or tokens before the funds are released to you.
They are not interested in the item, they just want that couriers/shipping funds and you will never see money in your paypal balance.

They also sometimes threaten legal action...have a laugh at that one and ignore it as its rubbish.

Once you have become a victim they may try again with more fake Paypal emails with other reasons that you must send them a payment for custom fees / to verify, expand or upgrade an account.

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 NEVER expect you to use a rival money transfer service eg Moneygram, Western Union, Bank Transfer or any sort of gift token or voucher.

[Jdog02]

Hey, thanks for reaching out. So I was selling my ps4 on eBay as I don't use it anymore with 2 games and this guy asks me to get him one $300 gift card for eBay. He said he would pay me fifty dollars for gas and fifty dollars to cover the shipping if I got him this gift card. I was skeptical at first but he explained why he wanted it and I trusted him. When I got to the store to get the gift card there wasn't any for eBay, so he said apple was fine. Then he asks me to get a $500 shortly after and said he made a mistake and needs to get his siblings one so he asks me to get it. He said he is in the marines so he doesn't have enough time to get them and asks me to put them in the box with the ps4. Now I thought this is getting super weird, but I do it anyways as I wanted to see if this guy was just a piece of sh** scammer or actually a person who genuinely cares about his family. He also said that his cousin had cancer and I felt super bad as I know what that's like and can relate to the toll it takes on your family. Anyway so now I'm here not knowing if I should call my bank or apple and just get my money back or if I should go through with it. Here is the email I got from "paypal" it was in my spam folder which was weird but the email just doesn't look right. If I am wrong and the email is correct, then please let me know. If you do not know then that's fine and I will probably just get this whole mess refunded.

http://prntscr.com/vrnkas

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@kernowlass 

[Jdog02]

@kernowlass I really need to know if that paypal email is legit or not Ive been trying to use the customer service support number but no one will talk to me please help

[kernowlass]

@Jdog02 

Did you actually bother to read my above post?

Of course he's scamming you.