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Dodgy mobile phone buyer, help needed please

I know this has been done to death but I wonder if you could give a guide of exactly what to do. A girl on another forum has asked if I could help. This is the text of her post:

"I posted yesterday regarding an item I had sold, which received a last minute bid and won, they had no rating and where in france and I had said uk post only. Listened to the warnings on here sent them a messagem, that i was going to second chance the item. I have looked in my paypal account and they have paid me £250, when the phone is only £127 the winning bid, they want it posted to nigera. Just like all the scams that are going on, how do I close the bid from them, and get the money taken out of my paypal account. The second chance offer is going to take it up. Do I need to report the dodgy person, can I leave warning message on feedback about them?

All your help would be greatly appreciated"

I'd really appreciate if you could post the steps she needs to take. I think she is pretty worried about the money in her paypal account so at the moment I've told her not to touch it until I've gotten some advice

TIA

Kelsey
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