Am I being scammed?

[Charlie_GRM]

I sold an item on ebay and I was told by the buyer that I had to ship to nigeria and I wouldn't get the money until I had given him the shipment details and then I got an email from "ebay" saying they had an issue but it was fixed then they told me I had to remove the listing from ebay and send the money to the buyer as part of the new Anti-Fraud policy, the email addresses which I recieved the emails from don't look like they're from ebay one of them was approved insurer.com msn.com and the other was aw_restore financier.com msn.com I looked in the footer of the email and one say's copyright © 2008 and the other says copyright © 2012 it also says eBay is located at 2145 Hamilton

What should I do, Am I being scammed?

[kernowlass]

THIS IS A TYPICAL PAYPAL SCAM.

They encourage you to use paypal and often ask you to send the item as a gift to a relative somewhere often Nigeria.

They often used hijacked ebay accounts.

You will get/got a "fake" email that looks as though it is from paypal or ebay.....it isn't.

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.

They also threaten legal action...have a laugh at that one and ignore it as its rubbish.

Paypal NEVER tell you to send trackable, they advise it for seller protection etc but it is not compulsory.

Paypal NEVER tell you to send an item before the payment is showing in your paypal account.

Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.