PayPal safe?

68383GTS said

The reason he wants to send me PayPal is he is in the Military and out to sea right now.Now I got a email that the transport company only takes Western Union and he wants to send me $950.00 extra and then have me send the $950.00 to the transport company for him.Maybe I should ask if he could do a Bank wire transfer instead?Or send me a deposit Pay Pal and I will keep the car for him.

Jim

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Jim: Had the same 'scheme' thrown at me a few months ago. Contact Paypal.....they have a separate department that handles this very scenario. It's part of the 'nigerian scam'. If I remember right they wanted the Western Union amount sent first to a location in Maryland, and then Paypal was 'supposed' to release the entire amount including the extra for shipping. Paypal stated that they would never agree to doing this. Ben. (MY BUYER was out to sea on scientific research and wanted to buy the truck for her father as a surprise! And 'yes' the "Paypal emails" were part of the scam......they were not sent by Paypal!))