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Is this a possible scam?

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  • Crowqueen
    Crowqueen Posts: 5,726 Forumite
    ulsterbeef wrote: »
    A gift payment is fee free. They will receive the full amount which is why they might have asked. Not necessarily a scam but be careful. ALSO, pending payment can happen if they entered the wrong email in their auction.

    Two good reasons not to pay by a gift - seller is either trying to cheat Paypal or the buyer, or possibly both.
    "Well, it's election year, Bill, we'd rather people didn't exercise common sense..." - Jed Bartlet, The West Wing, season 4

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  • ulsterbeef
    ulsterbeef Posts: 90 Forumite
    soolin wrote: »
    yep that has all been covered in the thread, but is slightly more complicated than a straight wrong email issue.

    Yes, I just thought I would add the last bit for for peoples reference as a friend has had payment problems with a wrong email.
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