Very odd emails from 'paypal'

[BettyBum]

So DP sells a brand new mobile phone and asks me to take it to PO to send to Nigeria. I check address on the paypal email he has been sent. It's full of bad grammar and mistakes. It harps on about needing tracking number before funds can be released. This is fair enough but I then log onto his paypal account as by now I'm suspicious. There is no record of even withheld funds. More emails arrive from pp sounding more and more odd except now they are going to his spam folder.

This is dodgy right?

Definitely.

Dodgy

Well known scam. I will not sell to Nigeria, due to these, and several other issues. I also don't think Paypal would hold the funds - afterall, surely part of the funds are to pay the postage?

dodgy as anything

you will need to cancel the eBay transaction and relist

you will need to tighten your settings too for future bidders

community.ebay.co.uk/thread.jspa?threadID=400134549&rw=true&anticache=1325674580609

Thanks guys. PP confirmed that it is indeed a scam as you all advise.

Makes me glad we didn't send the phone.

Idiots.