Is this is a scam?

[LCol]

Hello ******, 

I have made the payment! Kindly check the inbox of your email, a confirmation message has been sent to you via PayPal.

By the way, the courier agent informed me that they would only schedule the pick up date and time after they receive their pick up fee via 

Western Union. However, due to my fixed schedule, I would be unable to get to a Western Union shop to send it, so I added the £300 (£280 for the pick up and £20 for the sending fee, the charges should not exceed £20). 

So, kindly send £280 to the courier agent and you will receive the total sum of £700. Here are the details:

First Name: ******

Last Name: ******

City: ******

State: *******

Country: UNITED STATES

Please let me know once you've sent the money so that I can make necessary arrangements. Sorry for the troubles.

[Lauren0007]

Omdz I just came on here to find out if someone else could help me with the same question... I got the same thing asking my to western union somewhere in China.. I automatically thought... no way!! As what I was selling was only £30 and used, they wanted me to send 300 plus 40 fee!! Got exactly the same email just asking for different prices

[kernowlass]

@LCol

This is a typical 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.

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 item, 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.
Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.