Possible scam

[Richard108]

Good day. 

I hope someone can advise me as I am new to PayPal. 

I received a mail from a gmx.com address asking me to send a waybill receipt in order to receive my payment. The mail was full of grammatical errors and I doubt this is a legitimate email. Does PayPal require a waybill receipt as proof of courier delivery before funds are released into my account or am I being scammed? I have not sent the goods yet. 

Many thanks in advance

Richard. 

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@Richard108

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 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.
Paypal NEVER expect you to use a rival money transfer service eg Moneygram or Western Union etc.
Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.