Scam or Real?

[jek3]

I am new to Paypal. Someone has contacted me to purchase the item, printer toner. After a couple weeks of discussion/no discussion, I sent an email stating either answer my question if you're local or not and if it's a scam then scram!! I immediately get a response that it isn't a scam and they can understand that I want to be careful. They wanted my email to send money and I said no, you send me your email for me to invoice. They sent me their email only to find out it's a ca.rr.com email. We live on the Canadian border so I wasn't too concerned at first. Now, I'm thinking this is a scam of some kind. I don't know where it's heading but wanted to throw it out to you experts!! Thank you in advance for helping me.

[kernowlass]

@jek3 

BE AWARE OF THESE OR COMBINATION OF THESE.

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.

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.
They will tell you that the payment is released when you provide paypal with a tracking/shipping number......this won't happen.

OR
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 item, they just want that couriers/shipping funds and you will never see money in your paypal balance.

Once you have become a victim they may try again with more fake Paypal emails with other 'reasons' that you must send them a payment for custom fees etc.

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 Moneygram or Western Union etc.
Also their is no seller protection on paypal for any type of motor vehicle or item that is collected by the buyer.

Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.