Hello all - I was selling my couch and love seat when a person with very broken english said that they would be buying it for their in-laws. They said that they would send the $500 + $390 for a movers fee. I gave them my email as well as the link for them to pay me and they said they paid and were debited but I had to send the $390 in order for it to be credited to my account. When i questioned it and told them there was absolutely no money in my account they said "I can see you are new at this." I recieved the below email and it looked like I had to go get a money order and send some code to them... 1) the email address said PayPal, but it was different than all the other emails ive gotten from PayPal and 2) I was NOT about to go use my own money to get a moneygram yada yada. Just seemed shady so I responded to the person and the paypal address telling them to cancel. The person backed off but then two days later (today) I recieved and email from them, from a different email. I have also put it below. Is this a scam? It seems like it to me, but then again - I dont want to get in trouble or charged by PayPal if it isnt. Please help. Email from "PayPal": The PayPal Payment Team received an e-Mail from the buyer Andre Briggs and all details noted. This is to remind you of the movers fee ($390.00 USD) you were instructed to send. So kindly get back to us as soon as you have the money sent with the following information. Senders name : Address : REFERENCE # : Amount sent : Note: As this transaction was done via our e-mail payments service, any inquiries and necessary information should be sent to us by directly replying to this message, because of the status of this transaction, it has not been passed on to our customer care phone service section, and all inquiries should be directed to this e-mail address as it is the one monitored for your transaction. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you. Thank you for using PayPal !! The PayPal Customer Protection Service. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------- Please do reply to this email. This mailbox is monitored and you will receive a response from our customer care. Your account will be credited accordingly upon the receipt of details requested. PayPal Email ID: PP1525 Email I recieved today from the "buyer": Hello good morning my name is Frances martins am the buyer of your Dinning table so am the one that made the payment to your paypal account and i never get any respond from you and the funds has been debited out of my account and the latest massage i got from paypal say that have explain all the details to you that the funds has been debited put of my account and will be credited to you account as soon as you have sent the mover fee of 390 sent to the provided address you got from the payment email and i already report to them that it seems you are trying to scam me and they said they will take a step to this transaction but i should text you first to see you fast respond
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