So, I just sold my car and the buyer and I decided to use PayPal for the transaction. She sent me e-mail saying that she had sent the money to my account. I looked and it wasn't there but I received and e-mail confirmation from PayPal saying that the money was deducted from her account and sent to mine. However, the e-mail also stated the money would be held by PayPal until I transfered the shipping costs to shipping company via Western Union. I can't transfer the money because I don't have it to transfer. I called PayPal about this and they said that they normally don't hold money and ask customers to transfer money via Western Union in order for the remainder of the money to hit their account. They also asked me to forward the e-mails I had received from PayPal to their fraud department to see if they were actually sent by PayPal. I haven't heard anything back yet and I don't know what to think of all this. What do you think?
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