Possibble western union scam

[colettec14]

I have recntly sold my car on Ebay and he has offered us 10,950 ten thousand nine hundred and 50 pounds for my car and he sent a receoipt from paypal with the courier's address on it and told m eI have to spend 900.00 pound to release my money from paypal. Normally I can withdraw it straight away and Ive never had to do this before. Because i am unsure whether this is a scam I am unsure what to do as they are now threatening legal action.

The phone number they gave me for paypal<removed> they sounded foreign.

Can anyone help please? 

[PayPal_Intars]

Hi @colettec14,
 
Welcome to the community forum and thanks for posting.
Any time you receive an email about activity on your PayPal account, the safest way to confirm the emails’ validity is to log in to your PayPal account via the PayPal website (not using the links in the email received). Any of the activity reported in the email will be available to view. When you receive a payment, you’ll see the money in your account right away. Even if it was placed in your pending balance, you’ll see this. We want you to have complete visibility of your money. We won’t ask you to use a 3rd party such as Western Union, MoneyGram or any other payment processor. Never send an item until you've confirmed that the payment arrived in your PayPal account balance.If you think a payment notification is suspicious, do not post your item. If you've already sent the item, please contact your postal company to stop the delivery. If this isn't possible, you've the option to file a police report regarding possible fraud. Please forward any suspicious emails or websites to spoof@paypal.com. If we know the email, you will receive an email to confirm whether we sent it. If it’s not known to us we will immediately investigate and extract all malicious content.
-Intars

[Azapele81]

I've gone through the same thing today, but I got stung for £400. Have been on the phone to police, western union and waiting for a call from paypal as i couldn't find a direct number for them. Be grateful you haven't paid anything out

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@Azapele81 

@colettec14 

SCAM.

They encourage you to accept a 'direct' Paypal payment.
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.

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 not interested in the car, 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 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 motor vehicle.