Scam? Possibly involving visa gift cards

[Gear95]

Have an issue where I’m selling Xbox one x on eBay and buyer wanted me to buy him a gift card and he’d buy that and the Xbox so it says in a junk email that he paid it through PayPal (gave him my PayPal email) and I went on PayPal and I see no holds or transactions whatsoever, now he is saying he’ll take legal action against me please help

[kernowlass]

@Gear95 

SCAM.
They may buy on Ebay but they use an anonymous or hijacked Ebay account and do not have a Paypal account so they can't use Ebay checkout.

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 OR try to scam you of a gift card code.

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

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.
Paypal NEVER expect you to use a rival money transfer service eg Moneygram, Western Union, Bank Transfer or any sort of gift token or voucher.
Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.