Am I being scamed?

Simmysim

Just sold a preowned games console for £150+ on ebay, I wasn't expecting it to sell at this price as I assumed it was a little high about (£20 to high) but I thought I would give it a try. Anyway it sold and the buyer paid instantly. First alarm went off when I saw they had 0 feedback. Does this seem normal or am I right to be wary. They then sent this message hi just paid by paypal. when can i expect it to arrive? dont forget to send it recorded for our security. this is high value item and i dont want to lose it. please do not include any invoice as it is a bday present
Does this seem normal? or am I right to be wary? I was going to send it by Parcelforce 24.

Any opinions/help appreciated.

starrybee

Ooh I am getting deju vu....someone else posted this problem, with the same message - and then more people popped up with the message too - a few weeks ago. They never updated with what happened unfortunately, but you might want to have a read of all the opinions there anyway.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4112227

Simmysim

Cheers 100% scam, thanks. Now how do I get out of the sale, with no negative feedback, and how can I avoid it in future.

harveybobbles

Don#t forget Recorded Delivery only covers upto £40 odd...

Simmysim

Was a scam just had this.

Dear Simmysim

You have received a payment that we believe may not have been authorised by
the PayPal account holder. Here are the details of the transaction we are
investigating:

Seems they were just stealing Paypal accounts and hoping for a quick post leaving the seller or Paypal to take the hit.

TKPeters

Now you've got the unathorised transaction message from Paypal, just select to refund the payment & issue a Unpaid item via eBay & no feedback can be left.