Gumtree payment

[Zerauxx]

So basically someone wants to buy my iMac that I listed for sale and he wants me to ship it and sent payments through paypal so I continued and he asked if I could send him a request and I did he said he paid the £675 yet I have not received it and in activity it says His name and underneath Request- Pending and when I told him he said you need to send the item for you to receive the money and something about paypal confirmation can someone clarify if I’m getting scammed?

[kernowlass]

@Zerauxx

Sounds very much like the below scam, read it and see..........................

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 or spam folders.

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