We are selling a sofa on Gumtree, we received a message from someone (Dora) saying their father doesn't have Gumtree and asked for us to contact him via email. We contacted "David <Removed>" <Removed> and he said he was not available to view the sofa but would PayPal us the money, no questions asked. We felt it was a little strange as we asked about delivery dates, but he seemed disinterested and just kept on about how secure PayPal was. Then messaged again saying he would add £100, he said "for the charged collection fee for the courier company to get the (sofa) for pickup, so you will help send it to the courier company agent through Amazon gift card money pack after the payment confirmation". He repeatedly said he works in a remote area and could not talk over the phone.
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