How does the paypal auction payment works?
I have someone who wants to buy my car but he told me he's a marine who deployed in West Africa right now, so he has an agent to come and pick up my car, he's already sent the payment to my account but the payment stated as temporary hold, he told me all I need to do is to go to a western union office to send a payment of $400 fee to the agent's head department then after that the money will be credited to my account.
Is this safe? Can I trust this transaction?
Thanks yall

 

Be VERY SURE this isn't a scam. Every scammer on craigslist claims they're military, makes me sick. If it seems to good to be true, it prob is.

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I recieved this email from paypal which gave me a transaction ID, the amount of the payment and it inlcuded this:

For security purposes,
This PayPal payment has been deducted from the buyer's account and has been " APPROVED " but will not be credited to your account until the shipment Arrangement has been finalized and messages are sent to us for verification so as to secure both the buyer and the seller.
Below are the necessary information requested before your account will be credited. Send all your inquiries to us through this mail onlinecustomerscares@mail.com and our customer service care will attend to you.
As soon as we hear from you about the pickup arrangement, This is due to the security purposes and the safety of the buyer and the seller,the money will be credited to your account.
* *PLEASE NOTE**
Once shipment has been verified and the receipts has been sent to us,
You will receive a "CONFIRMATION Email" from PayPal informing you that the Money has been credited to your PayPal account.

 

That sounds like a scam. If I were you, I'd stick to dealing with someone in person, in cash.

Edit: Also, West Africa is a very broad description of where he's at. And the email address "@mail.com" shouldn't it be "@paypal.com" considering they can probably afford their own email client? Just saying.

Edit 2: And if you copied and pasted that email verbatim, the grammar is incorrect. Another sign it's a scam.

 

That is screaming scam. Don't do it.

 

yikes, that sounds like a scam. West Africa, really?

 

Like jon said, paypal has their own domain, the @mail.com is a serious red flag.

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definately a scam! i had crap like that on craigslist for my wheels where guy was going to send me $2000 (double the price) and then wanted me to send him $1000 back when sent type crap

 

Do not send the money, this is a scam and this email is not from paypal, it's from the scammer.

Also think about this: If he was going to send his "agent" to pick up the car, why wouldn't he just pay them?

 

scam, stay away.

 

This seems legit.

Go for it.




...I keed, I keed...I got two sentences in and immediately knew it was a scam.

 

Scam!.......I'm trying to sell a camera on Craigslist and I've been getting nothing but scam emails like this, so don't do it keep it local only.

 

western union and west africa = scam

 

if your the seller and their asking YOU for money lOl its a scam...

plus what DOMO said!