Phishing

[Temp20240310C]

Hi there. I had advertised an item and a person contacted me for it. They had said they would make payment of R 6000 immediately. I didn't have a PayPal account so I created one and sent them my email address. I think received an email showing that the money was removed from their account and being held until I provide a tracking number for the item. The email also said "dear PayPal member" which I've recently earned is part of the fraud list. Please assist as to whether this is legit. The email I received as confirmation so showed the email in spam and said it was possible phishing

[kernowlass]

@Temp20240310C 

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 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.