Fake buyers

[bence9111]

Hello!

A few days ago I have sold my camera on ebay I sent the invoice for the buyer and I also received and email from PayPal as a spam "You received a payment of... "

The entire email looks really formal and also showed all the payment it has got a Transaction Number but the money never showed on my paypal account. There was an other email PayPal asked me to verify the shipping reference number so I have dispatched the item and sent the number back to the paypal. Money is still not on my account but the seller has received the item and now she asks me to leave a good feedback on ebay this is the only reason why they held my money. I think I got tricked what shall I do? Please help!

[kernowlass]

READ THIS AND SEE IF ANY OF IT FITS WITH YOUR TRANSACTION.

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.

You will get/got a "fake" email that looks as though it is from paypal.....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.

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