Need help with a trade on Dondeal

[Marcelbmx]

I have puted a ad on a popular irish webside (donedeal) about selling a play station vita and i was offered money for the item and to make a trade by using paypal. I don't have a problem with that but I want want to know how safe it is to trade thru paypal. She (costumer) sent me this email =

I am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you €170 which include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select the request money button located at the top of your paypal account homepage and send the money request directly to my paypal account id which is XXXXXXXX so that i can submit payment to you via paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to send and receive money online. If you don't have a paypal account just login to Paypal.com and set up your paypal account, after setting up your paypal account you locate the request money button located at the top of your paypal account home page, use it to request money directly from my paypal account which is XXXXXX once I receive your money request from paypal, I will submit payment to you via paypal asap.

Get back asap.

Katharina XXXXXXXX.

I am curious about it because she gives me 170 euro for something i wanted 130 euro. What i mean is that a postage dosent cost 40 euro and its wierd she want to give me so much.What do you guy think is she trying to scam me some way or what? I really dont know what to do and if i should take the offer and trade with her that way.

I have also heard that even if she will send me they money she will be able to take it back within two weeks. I want to send her the item and then next think she takes the money out of my acound and i will be left with nothing and I will loose my item and money.

Please help!!

[kernowlass]

And i bet she wants it shipped to Nigeria??

Read this and see if it applies.

A TYPICAL SCAM SOMETIMES WANTING YOU TO SEND TO NIGERIA.

They encourage you to accept a paypal payment as that is how the scam works.

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

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.

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

Most scams originate from Nigeria and people there cannot even own a paypal account.

Paypal NEVER tell you to send trackable, they advise it for seller protection etc but it is not compulsory.

Paypal NEVER tell you to send an item before the payment is showing in your paypal account.

Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.