Possible fraud

[Florinovidiu]

Hello, I have sold an item on another app and the buyer asked to pay for it thru paypall witch i agreed.he asked for my bank account and name so that he can make the transaction and after that i got 2 emails from paypall,in the first one i was advised about the transaction an amount for the item itself and an amount for the shipping.the second email i had from paypall gave me 3 links where i was supposed to buy crypto to pay for the transport something that the buyer should do. My question is this: Is this the way paypall works ?it is legal and safe to proceed? Please let me know.

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@Florinovidiu 

You are being scammed, the whole point of paypal is to keep your bank and card information confidential.

You have just given your bank details to a scammer???

Secondly you do not send money to pay for a courier BEFORE being paid, no funds in  your paypal balance = you have NOT been paid.

Paypal would also NEVER tell you to send money using a rival payment processor ie western union, bitcoin, moneygram etc etc.

You are receiving fake scam paypal emails, do not proceed any further and let your bank know what has happened.