I had this and yes, it is a longstanding scam. Somebody called John <removed>(obvs not real name) contacted my partner to buy a tent and then said he would arrange with a courier and asked for details. The paypal is in my name so my partner gave him my email address and already I was suspecting it because he asked for the account name (you don't need this to make a payment to Paypal) He emailed a couple of times saying he was waiting on his courier to get back to him and then in the morning emailed to say he had made payment. I got the two emails with £215 extra "for the courier" and £20 extra for my time and the second saying the money is on hold and asking for me to "scratch off panels on shopping vouchers and send photos"
Obviously didn't respond and blocked him but I am so annoyed that this person now has my email address to abuse.
The emails looked really legitimate and came up with the correct paypal address from my web browser, but my apple phone saw the address differently.
Key takeaway from this is if you're selling something on Gumtree, use burner numbers and a separate email and Paypal account so that they can't wreck your normal one.
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