I had the same thing happen, re a guitar I am selling on kijiji. The "buyer" said she/he worked "offshore" in the St. Lawrence (since when does the St. Lawrence river qualify as offshore??) had limited communication ability because of it (Ontario Quebec cellphone service does cover the area!) and wanted to buy the guitar for a son in Malaysia. Said he sent payment via paypal, (did not show up even as pending) but that I had to send a wire transfer for 800 CAD via Western Union to the shipping agent in Malaysia before paypal would release the money to me. They eve had a fake Paypal person telling me what to do. Again, bad grammar, things not makig sense, story changing. I called Paypal directly and was told immediately that it was a scam. This was my first ever experience selling anything, and it has ot been a good one. My gratitude goes to the staff at Paypal for being easy to contact for help (it took under 3 minutes), and for having a well-informed individual there to tell me immediately that it was a scam. Thank you, Paypal
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