Anyone getting a request from Paypal to send money

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smilingloki, Feb 22, 4:38am
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Hi all ----- so i get this guy - interested in buying my car, sweet as, he now wants me to send $3000 to his "courier" - nothing has shown in my account though - Paypal=$0.00

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I just completed the payment via PayPal to your PayPal account address: ***************************t, a total of $15,000.00 NZD was sent to you, $12,000.00 NZD for the car with the surcharge fee of PayPal and the extra $3,000.00 NZD for my shipper's charges, which you will be sending to them at the address below through western union:

Name : Christian Wright
Address: 6b, Albert road
City: Old Colwyn
Post Code: LL29 9TE
Country: United Kingdom.

I talked to the courier company concerning the pick up and taking inspection of the merchandise on my behalf. The courier company would be coming down to your address with my full data and a copy of my passport which i fax to them for the change of ownership and the necessary documentations for the merchandise. I am sure you have received the confirmation from PayPal regarding the Payment, you can check your paypal e-mail for confirmation of payment. Please am sorry for not informing you first.

Now i get an email notification
You have received a PayPal Payment of $15,000.00 NZD from Darren Paul ([email protected]).
We have placed a temporary hold on the funds of this transaction.

As mentioned in the receipt of Payment and as per New PayPal MERCHANDISE Payment policy, we have fully debited the total amount (above) from the buyer's account which included the Transport/Delivery Charges (Route66 Courier).

In order to complete this transaction and get the funds approved in your account. We advice you go to nearest Western Union Office, Bank or Post office and send the excess sum of $3,000.00 NZD to the Transport Agent and send us a Scanned Copy/Photograph of your Western Union Transaction Receipt (in .JPG Format).

-----------Basicly this bozo wants me to send $3000 NZD to that address - nothing has shown in my paypal account and i certainly aint sending money or releasing my goddamn car till i see the money - show me the MONEY!
fordkiwi27, Feb 22, 5:08am
scam.
bevharris1938, Feb 22, 5:08am
OLD SCAM, OR YOU COULD WAIT TILL THE FUNDS CLEAR INTO YOUR BANK , BUT THEY NEVER WILL
rustihammer, Feb 22, 5:42am
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Sounds perfectly legit.Go for it!
merrigj, Feb 22, 6:24am
The paypal email will be a fake.
sr2, Feb 22, 6:48am
yeah; sounds like an honest trader to me, I'd go for it!
dr.doolittle, Feb 22, 6:54am
Yeah, what have you got to lose, you still have the car.
gammelvind, Feb 22, 7:12am
Go on send him $3000, makes perfect sense.
intrade, Feb 22, 7:17am
paypal are scam artists them self my mate had paypal for donations . paypal seezed his account amd he never ever seen a other cent from paypal again.
I dont knowhow or what you do but you dont use paypal for transactions. paypal is ebay.
Even taking out money from paypal they charge something like 6% of money withdrawl for admin fees. there used to be sites like paypalsux.com them sites show the thruth about paypal and i mean the real paypal.
intrade, Feb 22, 7:20am
also like you said dont send any money . he should pay western union him self and send you another cheque wia western union bank draft . and not via the fraudulent paypal .if it was real
intrade, Feb 22, 7:28am
alos it sounds perfectly like a scam to me. non of his part has any reality to it you should get a oroginal cheque in the mail from western union and they take 3 days to see if its not bouncing. To me this is exactly how scamartists operate They are not stupid but if you read and turn on your brain its only you whom suposed to send real money.
pfemstn, Feb 22, 7:34am
ive dealt with pay pal for years and they are brilliant !unfortunately there are a few scammers imitating paypal. however any transaction as above where they want you to send money is a SCAM!
intrade, Feb 22, 7:34am
look at the address , ask him if he is squatting in this empty leashold adress. or if he intends to sleep in the car
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/detailMatching.html/svr/2707;jsessionid=1B26B9F738CB14913BCCAB8293AD6AFE!prop=38599211&sale=45751364&country=england
its 99.999% a scamartist using the for sale letterbox to collect cheques. you should probably not tell him but write to the cops in the uk they might get him then.
you should inform the estate agent also asking if the property is occupied i guess not the conartist could be even bolder and using the adress knowing the owners name and that he is sick and never home collecting his mail.
You should take some steps to try and stop the conartist anyhow.
they can put a lock on letterbox or something if the scammer is doing the worst of what i can think off.
eagles9999, Feb 22, 7:50am
OP you really needed to ask!
bjmh, Feb 22, 8:17am
send them money for the lotto win that you got in norway as well.
bitsy_boffin, Feb 22, 8:37am
Firstly, to the OP, as others have said, this is a very old scam.There is no shipping agent, there is no money.Even if there was money you would pay the "agent" and then the payment to you would be cancelled (or "bounce") leaving you $3000 out of pocket.

No, they don't.I have received many many thousands of dollars with Pay Pal over the last decade.Pay Pal do not charge a withdrawl percentage.Withdrawl is free aslong as you take out more than $150 NZ, if you take out less then it's $1 to process.

The majority of people who have problems with Pay Pal have problems because they didn't read the terms and did something against them, or attracted the wrong sort of clients.
monsieurl, Feb 22, 8:37am
This is a clear example why scammers keep scamming, people need to get smart and use scambusters etc before jumping the gun!
intrade, Feb 22, 9:09am
yes paypal are frawdsters i have had like 50 pound in my paypal account and when i purchased something they dont use your paypal money they just charge your credit card not tutching the paypal money and the crap is so complicated and when you complayin they freeze your account and then you can try and sue some headquaters in the usa . They make money from ripping off tousends of small clients who cant afford to sue them there will be billions of $ they scammed from people by just closing there accounts thats a fact on how paypal operate. or at least thats how it was in 2006 i still got money that i cant take out if the frawdsters even still have my account not deleted.
intrade, Feb 22, 9:14am
moneyyou only ever send with a international bank cheque they cost 30$ to make and only the guyyou made out the cheque is abel to bank it. I payd my oilcentrifuge like this to a guy from usa and my australian mate used to send me money like this for his maintainace on his jacht.
its cheaper then electronic bank transfere on top as banks charge 20$ to send money and then you get charged 20$ to recive it also thats 40$ fees as where the international draft is 30$ and free to deposit.
splinter67, Feb 22, 9:23am
Here"s some advice for you get a new translation program. Turn on your spell check (when the red line appears underneath the word its spelt wrongly)and change banks dude your getting ripped off I have never been charged anything near what your saying
intrade, Feb 22, 9:56am
you probably never sent money to forgein countrys . all banks have the same high fees.
Credited to another bank$25.00
Uplifted in cash$25.00
thats bnz and i bet you all and every bank will charge 20$
I used to be able to do this from switzerland that i told my bank the recipient pays all fees. as when you tell em you pay the fees the recipent gets charged the fee anyhow. but thats also not possibile any longer you now get ripped no matter what.
telegrafic transaction fees is what we talk about thats from any bank account to any forgein country.
intrade, Feb 22, 9:59am
and here are asb gungsters
Withdrawal by international money transfer1$25.00
Withdrawal by issue of foreign draft$25.00
thats 50$ that go puff for fees .
tigra, Feb 22, 10:12am
I understand from my bank (National) that soon we will be able to internet transferfunds internationallyfor a small nominal fee. No doubt this will bring on a rash of new scams.
tigra, Feb 22, 10:15am
These are standard fees that intrade is quoting and maybe you would like to share your bank's name with us and tell us when you last transferred any sums overseas 'cos you are talking bullshit.
PS: your own spell check isn't much good either
luxy, Feb 22, 10:45am
Scam scam scam