Paying $300.00 for freight to be sent by Western Union beforePayPal will release my money.

[maryc]

I was selling an antique sewing machine.  The buyer put the money for the machine plus freight charge of $300.00

and $50.00 for charges by Western Union.  I don't want to pay out $350.00 before my money can even be

available at PayPal. Western Union told me this is not a ususal policy.

Someone please reply.

[PayPal_Adrian]

Welcome to the boards!

Western Union is correct, this is not a usual policy for PayPal.

In fact, it's not our policy at all.  We don't involve Western Union, and you'll always see a payment in your account somewhere (either in your Available Balance or your Pending Balance) if it truly has been sent.

To me, this sounds like it may be a traditional scam technique.  You may want to check out our Fraud and Phishing forums; your story sounds eerily similar to several of the stories told there.

Another great article online about these types of scams - admittedly, very long - is located here.

Thanks!

Adrian