Hey All, Not really asking a question more than a word of advice. ALWAYS CHECK TO MAKE SURE YOUR EMAIL IS FROM PAYPAL! Not a gmail account. Tried helping my dad sell a boat on Craigslist.. someone got in contact with us super fast like 3 hours after we posted it. He said he wanted to buy it.. used a friendly name and was texting my dad weird hours of the night.. then sent a text to him from a California number at 1am saying the funds were sent and we should be getting an email.. Since it was to my email, I noticed their were 3 different emails it read the email was from "Service PayPal". Said the funds have been sent.. but the email was originally from a gmail.com account and then when I hit reply it was from a weird gmx.com account.. and.. Surprise.. no funds shown in PayPal either. Wanted us to use Money gram to send a "shipping fee" to a Courier Exchange Service that returned to the UK. And said we needed to pay this fee out of pocket before the whole amount paid could be transferred. Please please please be vigilant when doing online sales. Report ANY suspicious email to spoof@paypal.com.. Don't give any personal info/money info to these people! Stay safe!
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