Am i being scammed?

[NorrinRadd]

Hello people! 

I have a buyer for a tv im trying to sell that insisted on PayPal.

hes made a payment, i gave him my email, phone number and name and he says i got an email for confirmation i need to click. Is this how it works when someone sends money? 

Please help.

[NorrinRadd]

2I got an email in my junk mail bin from service@ fund transfersterm . com... . is this a PayPal email? 

With this text at the bottom:

Welcome to PayPal 

Dear <removed>

My name is Richard <removed>. I am a PayPal representative responsible for your transaction with Benning <removed>. you have received a payment from Benn..... to your PayPal account. But the money is temporarily on hold by us  for security reasons, Please respond to this message so that we can give you some steps on how to complete the transaction.

[kernowlass]

@NorrinRadd 

No as i suspect he is a scammer.

I suspect it may be part or all of this scam.........

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.

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.
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 anther payment processor than Paypal OR via providing some vouchers or tokens before the funds are released to you.
They are often not interested in the item, they just want that couriers/shipping 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 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 or Western Union etc.
Also their is no seller protection on paypal for any type of item that is collected by the buyer.

Delete any emails and ignore the scammers. 

[NorrinRadd]

Thank you for this very explicit answer. 

It was a close one, i almost set a time with his "pick up agent"....

Have deleted the emails and will be more vigilant going forward! 

Thank you.