Dear Paypal, I will tell you my full story. I decided to sell a dress on dubaizzle. I got 4 emails from buyers that would buy the dress. The four buyers wrote for me almost same emails claiming that they prefer to send the money by paypal and asked for my bank account or paypal account. And when I said call me on my mobile all buyers said that they on ship working and do not have phones !!! I got many emails from "fake paypal website" saying that: "You've received a payment Dear Lamees The total sum of 475.00 OMR that was transferred to you by Jason Parr has been fully deducted from the buyers account which includes the Transport/Delivery Charges and is ready to be transferred into your your own account, but before the transaction can be finalized you would have to Pay the Transport Charges to the Transport Company. In order complete this transaction and get the funds credited into your account, you have to go to your closest Money Gram Office or visit the money gram online (www.MoneyGram.com) and transfer the excess sum of 120.00 OMR to the Transport Agent and send us a Scanned Copy/ Photograph of your Money Gram Transaction Receipt (in .JPG Format). Below is a step by step guide on how to make the transfer: 1. Go to any Money Gram Office close to your home. 2. Ask for a Money Gram transfer form. 3. Fill the form with the address details provided below. 4. Tender the cash and you will be issued a receipt after the money has been sent 5. Attach and email a scanned copy of the receipt to us or type out the details on the receipt such as : Sender's Name; Receiver's Name; Ref number; Amount Sent; The payment will be released into your account shortly after the Money Gram receipt has been received from you. All you have to do now is to proceed with transfer of the 120.00 OMR from your possession through Money Gram Transfer to the address and ensure you email us the required details so that we could verify the transfer and then credit your account accordingly. We want you to understand that this transaction cannot be cancelled nor recalled by the sender (Jason Parr) as a security measure to protect both you the Seller and the Buyer so you have 100% assurance that you will get reimbursed as soon as the Money Gram information is received from you. Click Here Locate Nearest Money Gram Outlet Transport Company's Agent : MSC (United States) Ltd. Agent Name: Tina Funkey State: Michigan City : Vicksburg Zip Code: 49097 Country:USA Yours sincerely, PayPal. I felt there is something wrong, why I should send money in order to get my full amount !! I refused to do this and got many many emails from them claiming that I have to do this or they will take legal action against me " your account will be suspended in 12 hours!!! Dear Lamees, It has come to our understanding that you have no intention of transferring the 120.00 OMR between you and Jason Parr PayPal heartily advise you to complete the transaction within the next 12 hours, as failure to do so will result to the limiting of your account access and Legal Action(s) against you personally, as we have already retrieved all your personal details from our database and we are ready to take appropriate Legal Action(s) against you. We have informed the FBI and Interpol for the violating PayPal's instructions and users agreement in act of the 1999 Law in collaboration with the World Law Enforcement Agency.Please get back to us wit the necessary details to our verification department You are expected to respond to this dispute before the next 12 hours with the required Money Gram Details for proper verification.." I opened the internet and read about these type of actions and I realised that it is a scam !!!
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