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@Arch_1    I wish if you are new you would seek advice on here first before sending money to anyone.   SCAM. They encourage you to accept a direct Paypal payment and may ask you to send the item internationally. No funds or activity of the transaction shows in your Paypal account and any emails may go into your junk/spam folders. You will get/got a "fake" email that looks as though it is from paypal.....it isn't because they don't have a Paypal account and have no intention of paying you. It will say the buyer has paid ...you won't have been paid. They will tell you that the payment is released when you provide paypal with a tracking/shipping number......this won't happen. Once you have become a victim they may try again with more fake Paypal emails with other reasons that you must send them a payment for custom fees / to verify, expand or upgrade an account. Paypal NEVER tell you to send an item before the payment is showing in your paypal account. Paypal do not tell you to send trackable, they advise it for selling protection but it is not compulsory. Delete any emails and ignore the scammers. ... View more

I was trying to sell a product on ebay for 200 and he offered me 600 USD; This is for you to make the mistake of wanting more and falling for the scam. See how creative they are:  Hello seller, I'm pleased to inform you that I have carried out the payment via PayPal, I just got a notification from them, I'm sure you must have been notified also because the fund as already been deducted from my account if not, kindly check your PayPal email inbox, spam/junk for confirmation.. I should have ask you to post it to my address on eBay, but am currently in (Pennysalvania Military Base) serving the country as a real Military Man. I paid $100 for the shipping fee because I'm buying the item for my Uncle  as a birthday gift, he works with the WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION they went for CANCER CURE PROGRAMME in WEST AFRICA. Please don't use any other postage service except UNITED STATE POSTAL SERVICE (USPS) PRIORITY EXPRESS MAIL INTERNATIONAL 4-8 DAYS DELIVERY and also Mark the item as gift. Am sorry for any inconvenience this may have cause. thanks for your understanding..     SHIPPING ADDRESS :   Name: Smith <removed>   Address: <removed>   City: Festac   State: Lagos    Zip Code: <removed>   Country: Nigeria   Best Regards    Bacley <removed>     &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& When you submit the invoice, you receive a fake email with the POST.COM sender server. And if you don't see it on the account, you send it without realizing it. Date: Tue, 23 Ju[Removed. Phone #s not permitted]+0000 (UTC) From: "service paypal " <removed> Reply-To:  <removed> <removed> <removed> ,   this is the hint of fraud. Always check first if you have actually received the paypal profile amount and do not send confirmation emails ... View more

@Arch_1    I wish if you are new you would seek advice on here first before sending money to anyone.   SCAM. They encourage you to accept a direct Paypal payment and may ask you to send the item internationally. No funds or activity of the transaction shows in your Paypal account and any emails may go into your junk/spam folders. You will get/got a "fake" email that looks as though it is from paypal.....it isn't because they don't have a Paypal account and have no intention of paying you. It will say the buyer has paid ...you won't have been paid. They will tell you that the payment is released when you provide paypal with a tracking/shipping number......this won't happen. Once you have become a victim they may try again with more fake Paypal emails with other reasons that you must send them a payment for custom fees / to verify, expand or upgrade an account. Paypal NEVER tell you to send an item before the payment is showing in your paypal account. Paypal do not tell you to send trackable, they advise it for selling protection but it is not compulsory. Delete any emails and ignore the scammers. ... View more

@kernowlass   I will have a try at that. Thanks ... View more

@kernowlass Thanks for the response. I have struggled to find a answer to this. Much appreciated. ... View more