I had an item for sale and someone (UK number) was interested to buy it. We agreed on a price and he said he will make a payment into my PayPal account, then send an agent to collect the item from my location. A little while later he sent an email claiming he deposited the money into my PayPal account, charges included, but I have to pay 50 Euros for Western Union charges. We never agreed on me paying any charges and I don't know why Western Union would have to be involved. I've checked my Paypal account, and there is no money deposited. Also, the guy's name is Michael Marcos (as per his email), but he asked me to send the 50 Euros to a name and location in Nigeria. He also told me to check my spam email for Paypal confirmation, and sure enough, there were three messages from "fastServiceintl at consultant . com" - two with no information and one asking me to complete the Western Union transaction and keep all communication through this email address. The message was written in very poor English as well. This to me has scam written all over!
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