Potential fraudulent buyer - please help!

[Caroline9918]

Hiya, I'm currently selling a secondhand macbook (listed it on ebay and gumtree), and a guy WhatsApps me, says he wants to buy and offers me the asking price + £20. He asked for my email address so he can paypal me the money, and then sent me a text telling me to check my spam folders for an email, which was indeed in my spam folder (unlike paypal as they usually just go direct to my inbox), so I was a bit suspicious, especially as tere isn't any money shown up in my paypal account and the email looks a bit suspect. I've attached a copy of the email here - am I right that this is an attempted fraud or am I just paranoid? 

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@Caroline9918 

Your screen shot is not showing up but i expect its this scam, read 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.