refund process for upgrading to a business account

[meganspeck]

Hello, 

I need some help. I sold my prom dress to someone and it was $550.00. I do not have a business PayPal account and the buyer did not either. He sent me the 450.00 to upgrade to a business account. I have tried to refund him the money through Cash App, it declined because CashApp thinks it is a scam. I have also tried to send him he refund in small increments. Can I refund him through Apple Pay? I did not see that being one of the options. 

[kernowlass]

@meganspeck 

SCAM.

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......this won't happen.

OR
They send you fake paypal emails saying you have to send money to the buyer via ''another payment processor'' which paypal would NEVER do to upgrade or do something with your account.

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 as a seller to send any money using any service eg Moneygram, Western Union, Bank Transfer or any sort of gift token or voucher to do anything account related.
Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.