Received an Invoice. Money Didn't received in wallet.

[Laveesh]

I met a guy on steam and he agreed to pay 400$ for my knife in Csgo. He said he can go first, and i received a notification and email saying you have received an invoice and gift of 400$ from John Loius and as there are different currencies so it can take upto 24 hours to reflect in balance. The invoice was saying it is PAID. It's been 32+ hours haven't received the money and i think i got scammed and I'm clueless what to do now. I have all screenshots, profile link of the guy and more but i don't know is this a scam or i will receive the money. I didn't used paypal before so i didn't knew such stuff. Help pls

[sharpiemarker · Accepted solution]

@Laveesh 

"and i received a notification and email saying you have received an invoice and gift of 400$ from John Loius and as there are different currencies so it can take upto 24 hours to reflect in balance"

Sellers send invoices, not buyers. An invoice is a request for payment. This person exploited a PayPal function to trick you. You will not be receiving any money so, I hope you didn't give the item to them. If you did, there is nothing PayPal can do about it since no funds were sent.

The whole bit about "gift of $400"and different currencies is ridiculous. If the dude want to send a gift, why didn't he use friends and family? Look no one is going to "gift" someone they do not know $400. That's just nonsensical. Sorry it happened to you but all is not lost, this is tuition paid for a lesson learned.

Always make sure there is a record of payment as in "Payment Received" in your PayPal balance and activity page before delivering anything.