Recieving money from ebay.

[celtonlobato]

Hey, I just sold a product on ebay and the buyer payed me through paypal. I'm quite new to paypal so I don't know the in's and outs of it yet. But basically I recieved a confirmation email from paypal saying that I received the payment but when I check my paypal balance it has no been added. I just wanted to know if that was normal or does the payment take a few days to go through?

Any help would be awesome.

Thanks

[kernowlass]

Does the sale show in your PayPal account transaction history list? 

[celtonlobato]

No it does not, I believe that I am being scammed, so I have decided not to send the product until I recieve concrete evidence of payment.

[kernowlass]

Send the so called paypal email to spoof@paypal.com and they should confirm if it was from them or not.

You are right not to send until you see the funds in your paypal account balance.

Was it an international transaction ie Nigeria or similar??

[celtonlobato]

Yes it was exactly to Nigeria. Furthermore the paypal confirmation email was found in my spam box.

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@kernowlass wrote:

Send the so called paypal email to spoof@paypal.com and they should confirm if it was from them or not.

You are right not to send until you see the funds in your paypal account balance.

Was it an international transaction ie Nigeria or similar??

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[kernowlass]

THIS IS A 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 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.