MONEY TRANSFER ON PAYPAL

idz95
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Hello, I am selling on internet my laptop, and customer wants pay me on PayPal, so he create some payment, and I get some mail from "PayPal" to send him laptop and just send back to "PayPal" paper what I get from Postal Office. Now I dont know is that real or some fake mail. Can someone help me? Mail looks really original. But today is many cheaters on internet. Thank you

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kernowlass
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@idz95

 

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.


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idz95
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@kernowlass I received mail that they have his money, and that now I need send him laptop so then money will be on my bank account (not on PayPall acc) because I give him just IBAN number of bank. So I see that PayPal have options for transfer money with selling, but I am scared send money before I check this.
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kernowlass
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I have told you that its a SCAM, paypal NEVER tell you to send anything until the funds are SHOWING in your paypal balance.

They do not send funds directly to bank accounts, you WITHDRAW from your balance to a bank account when the funds are SHOWING in your balance.

If you don't believe its a scam then feel free to do what you like.


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