Hi We are selling a somewhat expensive bike. Listed yesterday in NZ, we have received an email from a man who’s profile shows he’s in England. He wants to buy it for his son as a replacement for tommorrow apparently. He can only pay through PayPal. I sent a message saying I was mum and why did he only have the means to pay through PayPal, where was he and where was his son and asked him to call me and gave my mobile number. I dont understand how we can be scammed. We wouldn’t release the bike until I had withdrawn the money from PayPal. He said he would have a hailer pick it up which is weird to start with as in NZ we would simply say a friend, a courier or a transport company would be coming to pick it up. Whilst the English isn’t terrible, there is definately suspicious wording. I’ve just realised I have probably only used PayPal a few times years ago and now can’t remember if I would need to withdraw the money to my bank or if PayPal simply puts it into my bank 🤔. In any case he hasn’t called and I don’t suspect he will, but I’m left wondering why / how this could turn bad and end up a scam by just giving my PayPal account email to him.
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