A buyer (which created profile literally minute before sending message) just stopped by one of my shops and of course, picked the most expensive item with the following message: Hello Seller, I am interested in the immediate purchase of your item which payment will be made to you via PayPal. I will like you to get back to me with you reply via my email address below, so that we can talk more better. (emailadress) Reply back to: emailadress Thanks. So obvious fraud there, where he would just claim item is not as described upon recieving it and never sending it back. Now my question is, as I could surely use the money he is willing to pay for it, if I can take some kind of advantage from this? 1. Item would be professionally appraised so that he can not claim it is not what I claim it to be 2. A video would be shot covering the whole packing and sealing the box, so he can not claim he received different item 3. Package would be of course insured with tracking number added I am curious, if even all of those steps would be fullfiled - would paypal still side with the buyer and refund him? Despite me already knowing this person is trying to scam me? Of course the risk is too high so I will not do it, but... in theoretical level? Also if any paypal employee would like the email adress so they can block any future accounts and possible frauds commited by this person, feel free to contact me. Cheers
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