PayPal scam on blocket

[Stevesblakely]

Hi all,
Trying to sell a few watches recently here but no interest so have put them up on Blocket.
Within minutes of them going public, got two text messages asking me to reply through their personal email.
Long story short, they shave agreed to pay through PayPal and the watches should be shipped to The UK.
This scam goes like this.
THEY PAY THROUGH PayPal, the watch is sent, usually with tracking
To a non existent delivery address. The delivery courier registers address as untraceable.
The scammer collects from the depot after being in touch with tracking number
THEY then file a complaint with PayPal that they have not received the goods.
THEY get their money back and the watch, leaving you with no trail to follow.
Here are the two email addresses I got today
[email protected]
[email protected]
Got those as a sms that you can't reply to.
Sorry if This is old news but they are up and fighting for their scams to this day.
Would love to hear of any more warning signs apart what I have heard of out there
Ps, sorry if this is in the wrong thread.

 

[M.B.]

An important safety measure when selling via PayPal is to make sure you only ship to a PayPal verified address. This means that the account has been used for a while, receiving items to that address, and/or - more important - a verified credit card has been assigned to the account with a legitimate billing address that matches the PayPal shipping address.
https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/shipping-address-outside

This of-course isn't bulletproof either, but it's a good start.
I tend to Google email addresses/phone numbers as well for any warning signs, and usually will not agree to take the communications outside of the original platform of sale (at least when discussing remote online sales).
SMS can be easily spoofed, so if I get a text message but never get a correct response when texting back this is an obvious sign.