When will my payment come through?

[velocity55]

I sold an item to someone just through paypal, and before i sent it i got the pay request email that says the money will be sent after ebay confirms the delivery. the problem is we didnt use ebay i just sold it to him. he said the money will come when ups confirms the delivery, and it has been confirmed but i still havnt gotten the money. whats happening?

[velocity55]

well the email said that i was going to get it when the shipping was confirmed

[kernowlass]

@velocity55

Did you READ MY POST ABOVE ???

A TYPICAL PAYPAL SCAM.

They encourage you to use paypal and often ask you to send the item as a gift to a relative somewhere often Nigeria.

You will get/got a "fake" email that looks as though it is from paypal.....it isn't.

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.

They also threaten legal action...have a laugh at that one and ignore it as its rubbish.

Paypal NEVER tell you to send trackable, they advise it for seller protection etc but it is not compulsory.

Paypal NEVER tell you to send an item before the payment is showing in your paypal account.

Also what makes you think that email is real if it tells you that ebay will release the funds when the transaction had nothing to do with ebay !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[velocity55]

what do i do now then

[kernowlass]

@velocity55

Not a lot you can do.

Nothing to do with ebay or paypal as the transaction was not done via them.

You were scammed by a spoof email.

NEVER send anything until the funds SHOW in your paypal account balance.