Received payment

[Yadentra]

Need to know if the payment l have received is genuine. The person said they sent me a paypal but l cant see the money on my paypal account

[kernowlass]

@Yadentra 

READ THIS TO CHECK.

SCAM.



They may buy on Ebay but they use an anonymous or hijacked Ebay account and DO NOT have a Paypal account so they can't use Ebay checkout.

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.

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.

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 do not tell you to email them tracking you add it to the transaction IN YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT.

Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.

[Yadentra]

How do l post the email here ? . I want to show you. I am failing to attach the screenshot l took from the email.

[kernowlass]

@Yadentra 

Just copy / paste a gist of what it says, normally easy to tell.

[Yadentra]

August 02 2019 Transaction ID: U-1L1313458B860670M You've received a payment of €494.00 EUR from Richard Smith Please note that this transaction will only be visible in the Recent Activity list in your Account Overview Once the shipment is complete and tracking code confirmed by PayPal. Merchant Instructions to Buyer Ship via DHL Express Shipping address - confirmed Seun Peters Unit 14, Jen Yard, Purfleet Industrial Estate, Juliette Way, RM15 4YD Essex United Kingdoms Shipping details Express Mail 1 -2 Day® There\ Description: Samsung Note 9 128GB Unit price Qty Amount Item# Nill €450.00 EUR 1 €450.00 EUR Subtotal €450.00 EUR Shipping €44.00 EUR Payment €494.00 EUR Payment sent to Issues with this transaction? You have 180 days from the date of the transaction to open a dispute in the Resolution Center. Questions? Go to the Help Center at &amp;amp;lt;a href="&amp;lt;a href="&lt;a href="<a href="http://www.paypal.com" target="_blank">http://www.paypal.com</a>" target="_blank"&gt;<a href="http://www.paypal.com&lt;/a" target="_blank">http://www.paypal.com&lt;/a</a>&gt;" target="_blank"&amp;gt;&lt;a href="<a href="http://www.paypal.com&amp;lt;/a" target="_blank">http://www.paypal.com&amp;lt;/a</a>" target="_blank"&gt;<a href="http://www.paypal.com&amp;lt;/a&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt" target="_blank">http://www.paypal.com&amp;lt;/a&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt</a>;" target="_blank"&amp;amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href="&lt;a href="<a href="http://www.paypal.com&amp;amp;lt;/a" target="_blank">http://www.paypal.com&amp;amp;lt;/a</a>" target="_blank"&gt;<a href="http://www.paypal.com&amp;amp;lt;/a&lt;/a" target="_blank">http://www.paypal.com&amp;amp;lt;/a&lt;/a</a>&gt;" target="_blank"&amp;gt;&lt;a href="<a href="http://www.paypal.com&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt" target="_blank">http://www.paypal.com&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt</a>" target="_blank"&gt;<a href="http://www.paypal.com&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt&lt;/a" target="_blank">www.paypal.com&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt&lt;/a</a>&gt;; PayPal Terms Please Read Carefully: Funds have been deducted from Richard Smith's PayPal account, To this effect, he or she has no right to withdraw or claim money back and Funds will be credited to your account immediately the shipment is confirmed from you. Get back to us with the shipment tracking or reference number for verification proposes, Once shipment tracking code has been verified funds will be credited to your PayPal account immediately. Do not provide the buyer with the shipment tracking code until we credit your account. This administrative email was sent through an automated system which doesn't receive emails. Mail the shipment tracking code to our Shipment Verification Support at Please, understand that this is a security measure to help protect both the buyer and the seller. Therefore, we apologize for the inconvenience that we might have caused. Please do not reply to this email. We are unable to respond to inquiries sent to this address. For immediate answers to your questions, email our Shipment Verification Support at

[Yadentra]

And the message came from this email address. <removed>

[Yadentra]

So its <removed>

[kernowlass]

@Yadentra 

Yep SCAM.

Read my first post especially the bold bit at the bottom.