So I am selling a laptop to a very sketchy person. I posted it on amazon and the person replied saying his credit card didn't work with amazon so he would pay me with paypal. He said he was giving it to his friend in Nigeria and would pay me an extra $100 to ship there. He said to give him a paypal bill, so I did. It was $600 and he accepted. I then got an email from paypal saying this We at PayPal are ensuring that all our customers and auction site are fraud free. In our efforts to secure our merchants, We are now receiving payments for items that are to be shipped internationally through our secure server. This is to ensure that the seller and buyer do their responsibility in every transaction we handle. We have now received and confirmed payment from the buyer of your Item. This payment is currently pending to be credited into your account due to the security measures we have taken. You are now required to ship out the item and send us the shipment tracking number for verification of shipment. As soon as we have verified the shipment, your account will be credited with the full payment. This security methods have been taken due to fraudulent sellers We await the shipment tracking number to us through our tracking email for verification so we can credit your account immediately. Note that you are advised not to send out the shipment tracking number to the buyer until we have verified the shipment and credited your account. Is this legit? I don't see why a big site like paypal would have people email them like that.
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