Paypal Merchandise payment service

[Juanca15]

i am selling a product and someone contacted me interested in my product so i gave them my email and they said they would pay through paypal, but they used something Paypal Merchandise payment service which I have never heard of. i never asked them to send the money either but they just did and they say the money will show in my account whenever I show the receipt of me sending him my product. is this a scam?

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@Juanca15 

Yep, sounds like this, read it and check...........

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.

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.