Hi
Just wanted to share my experience. I posted an item for sale and was contacted offline via WhatsApp.
Buyer claims he is overseas and is interested to purchase, but wanted me to ship the item to somewhere else. I was hesitant to do overseas shipping, but acceded to the request eventually.
Buyer also insisted on using PayPal and DHL, which seemed reasonable to me.
However, after I send the Payment Request from PayPal, the status of the request is stuck in Pending.
Buyer insisted for me to check my email Spam folder and that he sent payment. True enough, there were emails from PayPal, indicating a change in policy. That I'd have to furnish the shipping verification before they can release payment to me. And that the Buyer's sent money cannot be reversed. The verification had to be done by replying to the email. The email came from a domain that is non-PayPal. It was from paypal@serviceonlinepay.com (but on a mobile email client device, it is not immediately apparent as it is shown as service@paypal.com.au). Fyi, serviceonlinepay.com domain is hosted on some Google Cloud Platform. PayPal's actual domains are delivered by Akamai.
I confirmed with a friend by sending him a payment request. He managed to pay me without an email from paypal@serviceonlinepay.com about withholding the cash until proof of delivery is sent.
I'm awaiting PayPal to get back to me on this. Wanted to raise this to kakis here so that they are aware of such scams that is outside of PayPal's regular framework. Please only send out items when PayPal website or app says the money is paid. If there's any suspicious emails sent to you, you can raise a ticket at spoof@paypal.com - https://www.paypal.com/us/smarthelp/article/how-to-spot-fake-emails-faq2340 .
Just wanted to share my experience. I posted an item for sale and was contacted offline via WhatsApp.
Buyer claims he is overseas and is interested to purchase, but wanted me to ship the item to somewhere else. I was hesitant to do overseas shipping, but acceded to the request eventually.
Buyer also insisted on using PayPal and DHL, which seemed reasonable to me.
However, after I send the Payment Request from PayPal, the status of the request is stuck in Pending.
Buyer insisted for me to check my email Spam folder and that he sent payment. True enough, there were emails from PayPal, indicating a change in policy. That I'd have to furnish the shipping verification before they can release payment to me. And that the Buyer's sent money cannot be reversed. The verification had to be done by replying to the email. The email came from a domain that is non-PayPal. It was from paypal@serviceonlinepay.com (but on a mobile email client device, it is not immediately apparent as it is shown as service@paypal.com.au). Fyi, serviceonlinepay.com domain is hosted on some Google Cloud Platform. PayPal's actual domains are delivered by Akamai.
I confirmed with a friend by sending him a payment request. He managed to pay me without an email from paypal@serviceonlinepay.com about withholding the cash until proof of delivery is sent.
I'm awaiting PayPal to get back to me on this. Wanted to raise this to kakis here so that they are aware of such scams that is outside of PayPal's regular framework. Please only send out items when PayPal website or app says the money is paid. If there's any suspicious emails sent to you, you can raise a ticket at spoof@paypal.com - https://www.paypal.com/us/smarthelp/article/how-to-spot-fake-emails-faq2340 .