Spam?

[Jamesbarton83]

There’s a guy who wants to buy an iPad and wants to pay me through PayPal which is fair enough he then messaged me and said he’s paying me and extra £80 so I can send it to Nigeria through parcel force I’ve had an email which I’m not sure is from PayPal but there was a spam alert from it he wants me to send iPad and proof of postage before the money released into my pay pal as I’m new to this I’m not sure if that’s how it works I’m pretty sure it’s not!! Soon as he mentioned Nigeria that raised alarms straight away

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@Jamesbarton83 

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.

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.

[Jamesbarton83]

I had a bad feeling straight away this just confirms it Thank you