Will A Scam Get My Account Blocked
Hi,
I'm selling some items on a local selling website. Someone has come forward requesting them. I'm concerned though as the emails we've been exchanging has set alarm bells ringing. For one thing (and I'm not criticising anyone's back ground) the emails are written in the same sort of bad English you get in phising emails. EG "Hello. I is Nigerian Prince with many problem and need help moving dollars US 15000000 out of my country bank" etc etc. Note - this isn't the email I've been sent, just an example.
The second problem is that I keep asking for the delivery address they want the items sending to, but they just keep giving me their PayPal email address and asking me to raise an invoice. They also have asked me for my PayPal email address, but won't they get that when they get the PayPal invoice???
So my questions are this:
1. Is there anyway they can scam me by me just raising an invoice with them when they finally give me their delivery address? The only way I think they could is by claiming that when they receive the items that they aren't what they ordered and get PayPal to issue a refund.
Which leads me onto question 2 and why I'm posting in this forum:
2. If the do claim that the items aren't what they ordered, what proof can I send PayPal to show them that it is what they ordered? Will PayPal just take the buyers side? Will they even listen to me or will they just automatically refund the buyer from my account?
can anyone else think of anything else I need to be weary of when raising an invoice for items sold online that'll protect me from fraud and also protect any action against my PayPal account?
Thanks
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