You are viewing the PayPal Community Archives. This content may be old or outdated. Leave the Archive. Hi ReidC,. That is a great question! I cannot confirm nor deny that the email you received was part of a scam, but I can clarify on a couple of things. If someone wants to send you money through PayPal, all that they would need to do so is your email address or mobile phone number.
The buyer could be trying to scam you by using your email and full name to send a fake email claiming to be from PayPal. We frequently tell our customers to be on the lookout for fake emails and always state that PayPal will address you by your first and last name.
If this Craigslist buyer brings up anything relating to Western Union or MoneyGram, I would seriously question the legitimacy of this transaction because a lot of scams request that money be sent through Western Union or MoneyGram.
I hope this information has helped! ReidC, Ashley β I respectfully am assuring you this is a complete scam. It is also common. However, this is not the case here. The way to get rid of these scammers if they are persistent is to have them send the funds. Before they wire the funds, you need to explain something to them. Inform them they will have to wait until all recourse has expired for you to release the item to them.
I also would try to get the PayPal transfer sent before the explanation because I would turn it over to Security just for fun. I do not recommend this; many of these characters are shady. At least Monopoly Money can be used for something.
