Hi. Im selling an Electric guitar on Gumtree, (and ebay too) I have had a message from a 'buyer', that I'm pretty sure is a scam. Firstly, it says, Is this still for sale? then : The price is okay by me. I want you to get back to me with the pick up address for courier pick up. I replied with 'I will arrange delivery once payment has cleared. (they want to use PayPal) Then came: What is your post code and PayPal email? I replied. they then contact me on the email address associated with PP . They ask me to take the ad down, to which i reply, once payment has cleared, I will remove ad, but not sell it to anyone else, in the meantime. Then their reply: Okay, I have forwarded the address to the moving agent so as to estimate the pick up and delivery cost for me. I will notify you once i send the payment. What is the name attached to the PayPal account? Mine is Camilla Brown. I send my name. It's just too dodgy.. all this time, there is no mention of the item... I really need to sell this, as I am drowning in debt, but I really can't face being scammed.. I always check my PayPal activity before sending anything out, so I should be ok? as long as it isnt pending.. or is it just a no no to use Paypal? I have used it before on Gumtree, and its all gone smoothly, however, the communication was much less suspect, and the guitar was mentioned a lot in that. Thanks for any help. Gem
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