Hello all, I am trying to sell a TV on Gumtree and I got a response from somone saying they wanted the TV but they could not pick it up themselves because they're in a wheelchair and deaf so instead they would send a courier in their place, at this point I should have started questioning the buyer but did not think of that at the time. They contacted me again saying they would pay me the total which was £320 through PayPal, I sent them my email, after an hour or so I started getting worried so I googled their email and the first thing that came up was another PayPal forum post about a gumtree scam, the worrying thing is that in the forum post they mentioned that the buyer was deaf and in a wheelchair and that they would send a courier to pick up the item, just like what they said to me, but that post was from 2015. I contacted them and told them I sold the TV to someone else, but I am now worrying because I have already sent them my email, should I be worried? Is it possible for them to somehow get into my PayPal and steal the money from my bank account? Sorry for the long post, thanks.
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