Scam

[Jwrambo94]

Hi, I had some email me to buy a table I had made, they offered my full asking price but then said they had loss of hearing and were in a wheel chair so would arrange a courier to collect it. They then emailed saying that they sent me the money for the table (210) and then 300 for the courier, they said due to their health they had issues sorting out the courier so said they have sent me the money so I can pay the courier company, they then listed the company details to pay. I recieved dodgy paypal email in my spam folder. Obviously this is a scam but how do I report them so that none get caught out by this person. Help appreciated

[kernowlass]

@Jwrambo94 

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.

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 than Paypal OR via providing some vouchers or tokens before the funds are released to you.
They are not interested in the table, 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 item that is collected by the buyer.

Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.