Craigslist, Ebay and other online buying/selling scams.
by AlanJones Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:16 pm
Yes, it is a scam - they just want to steal the money that they get you to send to the bank account.

Just delete the emails and don't respond to them.

Please do not tell scammers that they are listed here - it will take them seconds to change their fake details and their new details will not be listed for any future victims to find.
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by annom Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:19 pm
Ok so I don't need to get a new email or paypal account?
by Dotti Thu Oct 02, 2014 2:24 pm
No you do not need a new email or paypal account.

Forward the fake emails to "[email protected]" so their security team can look at them and see if there is any action that can be taken.

It would also help if you copied and pasted the emails you received that were supposedly from paypal into a post here (just remove your own name and email address or replace with xxx) so that others can see the script these scammers are using.

-You never have to send money in order to receive money that is owed to you in paypal.
-Paypal does not hold funds pending shipping.
-Paypal will never tell you to send money via another payment service (including bank transfer.) Paypal is a money transfer system, and they earn their money by charging a percentage for each transfer. If they send you to do a bank transfer, they lose that transfer fee. They will NOT do that.

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