Suspicious payment status

[Kmcculloch1]

I have sold an item to someone online, he says he has sent the payment via PayPal, I got an email into my spam folder from ‘PayPal’ saying he has sent the payment and it is being held until I upload proof of postage at which time the funds will be released to me, the email has come from <removed> which seemed suspicious to me, being a gmail email address, and no kind of payment is showing on my PayPal account as pending, does anyone know if there is some legitimacy to this email? Before I send the profuct

[kernowlass]

@Kmcculloch1 

SCAM.

They encourage you to accept a direct Paypal payment and may ask you to send the item internationally.
No funds or activity of the transaction shows in your Paypal account and any emails may go into your junk/spam folders.

You will get/got a "fake" email that looks as though it is from paypal.....it isn't because they don't have a Paypal account and have no intention of paying you.
It will say the buyer has paid ...you won't have been paid.
They will tell you that the payment is released when you provide paypal with a tracking/shipping number......this won't happen.

Paypal NEVER tell you to send an item before the payment is showing in your paypal account.
Paypal do not tell you to send trackable, they advise it for selling protection but it is not compulsory.
Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.