Payment pending

[Spencer0118]

The accounting department made a mistake and charged the person £200 more then what they where supposed to be sending, so 870 instead of 670 the payment is still pending but it says I have to refund the person through money gram £200 and through sending a refund the full amount Of 870 will be released into my account immediately. I logged on to money gram and the transaction was declined and my account stopped, the nearest money gram place is a 2 hour drive. How do I resolve this? The person has the product and I am have no money and now supposedly mean to refund 200 to get back all the money which I now can’t do! This was a mistake via PayPal so How would I fix this?

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@Spencer0118 

You have been scammed.

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 or 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.

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 or buyer overpaid 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.