This is a scam, right?

[Floofydawg]

Am selling something on a FB site. I get a message asking me if item still available to which I say yes. They say they will purchase and ask for my PayPal details, which I give. I then get an email 'from PayPal' saying my payment is on hold as the money has been sent from a business account and I need to receive another £50 and then refund this £50 and pay another £50 myself back to the buyer in order to qualify for a business account. At this point I tell the 'buyer' that I'm not sending them £100 because how do I know this isn't a scam? (There is no payment showing as pending in my account).

Of course it's a scam

It does sound like a scam.

Yup

Definitely, this isn't a thing.

What does the email address claiming to be from PayPal look like?

Scam

Click 'forward' and see what 'from' email address is in the header.

https://www.paypal.com/us/security/report-suspicious-messages

[email protected]

Like PayPal would use a Gmail address!

Thought so, worth posting as a warning for others though.

Never accept PayPal payments as they give dodgy buyers too many rights

And line Elon Musk's pockets.

The main issue I have is that PayPal seems to think buyers should get warranties on private sales. There is no consumer law in the uk that would agree with that

What other method of selling is there with some seller protection though?

Cash on collection. The only way to get payment.

@Twirlypoos only works for local sales though. I'm selling an item I would post out to the buyer.

this is a scam, right?

According to your post, you're supposed to send someone £50, and then another £50. Even though you're the one selling, not buying.

Yes, it's a scam.

😂That has made my night

OP, fair play for double checking and not getting caught out but I think you need to have a run through of common scams as I suspect most people would have spotted that one as a scam in 2 seconds.

With Facebook it's best to start out with the premise that EVERYONE is a scammer and then work backwards from that 😅. I buy furniture from Facebook but I only ever do it in cash and in person. The second someone asks for a deposit I decline.

I DID spot it as a scam! Just thought others might want to know.