Paypal.. Am I Being Scammed?

[michelangelo]

I am selling an iphone on ebay, and I got a message from someone who offered me a price of £480.. which is the normal price for an iphone 4s. I agreed and gave him my paypal email.. I checked his ebay feedback and its 100% from sellers.. I got this email today which had no "trusted sender" icon at the side of it like all of my emails from paypal do...

29 July 2012 03:23:40 PDT
Transaction ID: 63V65277W2330660R



Hello [email protected] ,

You received a payment of £480.00 GBP from Moore Adenuga ([email protected] )
Thanks for using PayPal. You can now send your eBay item to the buyer. It may take a few moments for this transaction to appear in your account.

Note to seller:
We want to confirm the shipping Bar Code from you which should be within the next 24 hours. You will receive a "Notification email" from PayPal® informing you that the Money has been credited.
Seller Protection - Eligible
Buyer
Master Studio
twinkle323
[email protected] Note from buyer.
Please help post the phone Monday if possible.thanks




Shipping address - confirmed
Moore Adenuga
No.11 Way Street,
City:Mushin,
State:Lagos,
Post Code:23401
Country:Nigeria
Postage details
Royal Mail 1st Class Standard
Description Unit price Qty Amount
Apple iPhone 4S (Latest Model) - 16 GB - White (Unlocked) Smartphone
Item Number 290750755292
£460.00 GBP 1
£460.00 GBP

Postage and packing

£20.00 GBP
Insurance - not offered

----
Total

£480.00 GBP
Payment

£480.00 GBP
Payment sent to [email protected]



Questions? : [email protected]

This mailbox is monitored and you will receive a response. For assistance.
This PayPal® payment has been deducted from the buyer's account and has been "APPROVED" but will not be credited to your account until the shipping bar code/tracking number is sent to us for verification so as to secure both the buyer and the seller from possible fraud. Here are the necessary information needed from you before your account will be credited.The tracking number for postage and your PayPal ID.
Send tracking number to us or email us through this mail [email protected] and our customer service care will attend to you..

To receive email notifications in plain text instead of HTML, log in to your PayPal account, go to your Profile, and click Notifications.

Copyright © 1999-2012 PayPal. All rights reserved.

PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. & Cie, S.C.A.
Société en Commandite par Actions
Registered Office: 5th Floor 2


I checked my PayPal to find NO funds in my account... But I wasn't sure because they had 100% feedback. But the person seemed genuine, I didn't get the feeling they were a scammer and it wasn't automated email that scammers usually use. Do funds take a while to go into an account sometimes?

[camdin90]

I am selling an iphone on ebay, and I got a message from someone who offered me a price of £480.. which is the normal price for an iphone 4s. I agreed and gave him my paypal email.. I checked his ebay feedback and its 100% from sellers.. I got this email today which had no "trusted sender" icon at the side of it like all of my emails from paypal do...

29 July 2012 03:23:40 PDT
Transaction ID: 63V65277W2330660R



Hello [email protected] ,

You received a payment of £480.00 GBP from Moore Adenuga ([email protected] )
Thanks for using PayPal. You can now send your eBay item to the buyer. It may take a few moments for this transaction to appear in your account.

Note to seller:
We want to confirm the shipping Bar Code from you which should be within the next 24 hours. You will receive a "Notification email" from PayPal® informing you that the Money has been credited.
Seller Protection - Eligible
Buyer
Master Studio
twinkle323
[email protected] Note from buyer.
Please help post the phone Monday if possible.thanks




Shipping address - confirmed
Moore Adenuga
No.11 Way Street,
City:Mushin,
State:Lagos,
Post Code:23401
Country:Nigeria
Postage details
Royal Mail 1st Class Standard
Description Unit price Qty Amount
Apple iPhone 4S (Latest Model) - 16 GB - White (Unlocked) Smartphone
Item Number 290750755292
£460.00 GBP 1
£460.00 GBP

Postage and packing

£20.00 GBP
Insurance - not offered

----
Total

£480.00 GBP
Payment

£480.00 GBP
Payment sent to [email protected]



Questions? : [email protected]

This mailbox is monitored and you will receive a response. For assistance.
This PayPal® payment has been deducted from the buyer's account and has been "APPROVED" but will not be credited to your account until the shipping bar code/tracking number is sent to us for verification so as to secure both the buyer and the seller from possible fraud. Here are the necessary information needed from you before your account will be credited.The tracking number for postage and your PayPal ID.
Send tracking number to us or email us through this mail [email protected] and our customer service care will attend to you..

To receive email notifications in plain text instead of HTML, log in to your PayPal account, go to your Profile, and click Notifications.

Copyright © 1999-2012 PayPal. All rights reserved.

PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. & Cie, S.C.A.
Société en Commandite par Actions
Registered Office: 5th Floor 2


I checked my PayPal to find NO funds in my account... But I wasn't sure because they had 100% feedback. But the person seemed genuine, I didn't get the feeling they were a scammer and it wasn't automated email that scammers usually use. Do funds take a while to go into an account sometimes?

I didn't read through all of that. But the obvious answer is "Don't ask US...call PayPal, and ask TH EM"

[arne33]

Don't send the phone it is bullshit! Contact paypal right away.Do not sell to overseas buyers period.

[eddis]

Total scam. Log into PayPal directly and never through some link on an email. Of course, for some fun' you can log in with some random username and password to jack around with the scammers.

[darik]

100% SCAM

This is a scammer who hacked a real person's account

That email is NOT from Paypal. All you need to know is that Paypal prohibits ALL transactions with Nigeria due to fraud and Paypal would NEVER ask you to send your tracking number before money appears in your account. Not to mention Paypal would NEVER use a @fundsreviewed.com email address for any reason. If you go to paypal.com and there is NO money it was never sent

Forward that email ASAP to [email protected] and DO NOT reply to the "buyer" for any reason

This article from 2008 explains how the scam works
http://consumerist.com/2008/10/how-a-nigerian-steals-your-laptop.html