Seeing as paypal loves ignoring their customers by phone, and email, I have to resort to asking you 'helpful' people!!
What I want to know is...IS THIS LEGITIMATE?
It arrived in my 'Junk' folder.....
This is to inform you that you are required to send a sum of £500.00 to the address below via western union money transfer and get back to us with the relevant information which you will be provided with after the money has been sent, you are requested to email us the Mtcn(Money Transfer Control Number) , sender's name and address used to make the transfer and the secret question and answer.As soon as we have received these information from you, we will credit a sum of £1,700.00 to your account. Below is the address where the money is to be sent to using western union money transfer
Agent's Info: Name: JIAXIU CHEN
Address:18 Suhao Building
Nanxin Road
Nanshan District
Shenzhen China
Address Status: Confirmed
Please note: We wish to inform you that Daniel Scott has made his intentions known to PayPal that he will like £500.00 to be sent to the recipient's address above via Western Union Money Transfer .
Note:As this transaction was done via our e-mail payments service, any inquiries and necessary information should be sent to us by directly replying to this message, because of the status of this transaction, it has not been passed on to our customer care phone service section,and all inquiries should be directed to this e-mail address as it is the one monitored for your transaction. This payment has been deducted from the buyer's account and has been " APPROVED" but will not be credited into your account until the MTCN # is sent to us for verification, so as to secure both the buyer and the seller. Below are the relevant information required before your account will be credited:
All you have to do is to reply directly to this mail with the MTCN #,Secret questions and answers,sender's name and address used when sending the money. Once it has been verified and the details above sent to us, you will receive a "CONFIRMATION E-mail" from Pay Pal® Service informing you that your account has been credited with £1,700.00
Please, understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect both the Buyer and the Seller.We apologize for the inconvenience that has caused you.
Because of the inconvenience this causes we are giving you the next two incoming transfers for free! You will pay no fees for your next two incoming transfers*.
This payment has been deducted from the buyer's account and has been "APPROVED" but will not be credited into your account until the MTCN is sent to us for verification, so as to secure both the buyer and the seller.
