Had an item for sale on gumtree,buyer emailed through gumtree mail and said they were from down south and would like to buy the item ,I’m from Scotland,they said they would pay for the item and then arrange a courier to collect,have seen a few scams over the years but this person seemed more genuine than most I had seen around so went a bit further with the sale, supplied PayPal address and they said they would pay,received an email through gumtree mail that looked very like a PayPal email saying I had received the funds but had to click through a link to claim the money or I would lose it,have now stopped at this point as when receiving money in the past for items it went straight into the account and received an email from PayPal direct with a transaction receipt.
currently there are no funds in my account and the email claims I need to go through a link,is this a new scam going around or am I being overly cautious
thanks in advance
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