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I had put up a wedding dress for sale, and within an hour received interest from a buyer - Natalie (removed) . Thinking everything is legit they asked if i had a paypal account as this was the only way they could send funds and at the i did not, so i had gone and created one, once i had my account ready they said they would send payment. i then received 3 sepearate emails from a user  but under the email address of: stating the following:   аDear (MY EMAIL ADDRESS) , This email confirms that youа received an Instantаpayment ofа$3,550.00 CADа fromа Natalie (removed) аviaаPayPalаMERCHANDISE PaymentаService. Reversals :аThis method of payment cannot be reversed. Status :аPendingа-аTransport Company Awaiting Payment. View the "NOTE" of this pending transactionаbelow   next email from the same user/email:   Dear (MY EMAIL ADDRESS) , You have received a PayPal Payment of $3,550.00 CAD from Natalie (removed) We've placed a temporary hold on the funds of this transaction As mentioned in the receipt of Payment and as per new PayPal Payment policy, we have fully debited the total amount (above) from the buyer's account which included the Transport/Delivery Charges (Courier Exchange Logistics). In order to complete this transaction and get the funds approved to your account. You are to go to the nearest Money Gram outlet, and send the excess sum of $750.00 CAD to the Transport Agent and send us a Scanned Copy/Photograph of your Money Gram Transaction Receipt (in .JPG Format). NOTE: This is important as a security measure to ensure safety of this transaction. Questions? contact our 24/7 customer care for immediate response at <removed>.   Transport Company: "Move It" Address: (removed) NOTE: This is important as a security measure to ensure safety of this transaction. As this transaction was done via our e-mail payments service, any inquiry and necessary information should be sent to us by directly replying to this message, because of the status of this transaction, it has not been passed on to our customer care phone service section and all inquiries should be directed to this e-mail address as it is the one monitored for your transaction.You can email us any time at <removed>.   followed by this last email:   Dear (MY EMAIL ADDRESS) , Regarding your Transaction with Natalie . The Funds will reflect in your PayPal account as soon as the Money Gram information is received from you. We want to notify you that a payment of $3,550.00 CAD has been deposited into our database by Natalie Gentile and it is ready to be credited into your account, the money was sent through the Service Option Secure Payment making this transaction to be protected with adequate security measures for you to be able to receive the funds. So all you have to do now is to proceed to send the sum of $750.00 CAD through Money Gram Transfer to the confirmed shipping agent address and make sure you contact us with the necessary Money Gram details so that we can verify it and then credit your account. You can send the funds via any Money Gram outlet. You are required to send the Money Gram information to us as stated below if you don't have a scanner: (1) Sender's Name. (2) Receiver's Name. (3) Reference number. (4) Amount Sent. (5) Security Question and Answer. We assure you that this is a safe and approved transaction and your account will be credited immediately we verify the Money Gram details. You can contact us anytime if you have any question(s) about this transaction. We want you to understand that the payment can't be reversed, canceled or splitted, so we assure you that you are 100% SECURED doing this transaction. Once again be rest assured that you will have your funds credited immediately we receive the Money Gram Information from you for verification. Sincerely, A. Williams, The PayPal Team. NOTE: This is important as a security measure to ensure safety of this transaction. As this transaction was done via our e-mail payments service, any inquiries and necessary information should be sent to us by directly replying to this message, because of the status of this transaction, it has not been passed on to our customer care phone service section and all inquiries should be directed to this e-mail address as it is the one monitored for your transaction.You can email us any time at   Right off the bat this all seemed fishy: why would i send money to someone to confirm this transaction if i already confirmed my account with paypal, why were these emails not addressed to my name, why are these emails not from paypal but this email account, why are the fonts and colours of these emails all different?   I went into my paypal account and no transcations were found, next i called paypal to verify and confirmed this is all a scam, and these "people" (more like animals) do not work for Paypal and this is a scam.   Luckily I didnt get scammed, but wanted to post this out there for others just in case they have a simliar situation. when in doubt contact paypal and verify!!   Hope this helps someone else 🙂 ... 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