Possible scam

[Greydog19]

I received this email stating that the seller has added $1000 for postage. 

Have not received any confirmation by Paypal

Hello again,

I am glad to inform you that i have made the payment as discussed via my paypal. PayPal said that they have sent you a confirmation email so kindly check the inbox of your email 

I had a little problem with the agent they said they can only schedule the pick up date and time after they receive their pick up fee in their head office via bank deposit  I added the $1,000 they charged for the pick up,you will receive the total sum of $3,700 in your account after you have made the payment of $1.000  via bank deposit  and get back with the payment details as instructed on the payment confirmation.

Note: Your payment reference should be YOUR FULL NAME

Please let me know as soon as you receive the confirmation so that i can send you details for the courier fees 

Thanks for your help

Mark

[kernowlass]

@Greydog19 

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 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 anther payment processor ie bank deposit or moneygram etc 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.

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 bank deposit or Moneygram or Western Union etc.
Also their is no seller protection on paypal for any item that is collected by the buyer.

Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.