I sold an item on ebay for $200, however I recieved notifications saying that buyers are offering prices above the set amount. At first I thought that maybe I accidentally put it as a bid. So me being dumb I accepted the highest offer, which was somebody named Ark <removed> offering $330. Interesting name right? One thing is I am new to paypal since I was only planning to sell one item on ebay. However when I accepted the offer he asked for my email for the payment on paypal, and of course, I texted him about it. About an hour later I get an email from an account that kinda looked fishy saying that "Ark <removed> sent you $430 USD. It said the extra $100 was for shipping and handling fee via USPS EXPRESS MAIL. One odd thing that was raising red flags was that the price didn't include the shipping fee which was just $9 and that it was usps express mail even though the shipping option was only usps priority mail. Also the confirmed address was somewhere from Nigeria even though on Ark <removed> account on ebay states that his address is from Michigan. Again, I proceeded with the process getting the package ready however I checked my paypal AND ebay account and both said that either the buyer hasn't payed or that there was no activity on paypal whatsoever. I thought to myself that it could possibly be a scam or that I'm really stupid on how this works because afterall I did give my paypal email at the same time as the email stating that funds won't be in my account until a shipping verification has been sent. I really need some help!
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