Paypal scam

[26pk]

I SOLD MY MOTOROLA ONE VISIO. FOR $400 NOW I SENT ANOTHER 500 NOW I SEND A BRAND NEW IPHONE. I STILL HAVNT GOTTEN PAID

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@26pk 

SOUNDS LIKE THIS SCAM..........NEVER send anything until you are paid.

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/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 /activate account / overpayment and so on..

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.

[26pk]

What do you propose I do in this situation how my supposed to get my money back how my supposed to get paid for the items that I shipped

[kernowlass]

@26pk 

You could try contacting the courier you used to send the item and see if they can get it back for you.

However none of the transaction was done using paypal so nothing you can do to retrieve any funds (which i doubt you sent using paypals site anyway did you)?

You were scammed by FAKE paypal emails unfortunately.

[26pk]

Are you serious I will get nothing back How unfair is that I sent the guy a foreigner dollar phone and I didn't even get the money for it I sent the guy 5 prepaid visas I didn't get the money for it I sent the guy a brand new iPhone I didn't get the money for it

[kernowlass]

@26pk 

Yes because you trusted SCAM FAKE EMAILS that were NOT from paypal.