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<blockquote data-quote="robbins.photo" data-source="post: 602032" data-attributes="member: 27043">Paypal's protections protect the buyer, for the seller.. eh, not so much.&nbsp; You pretty much have to be able to prove beyond any doubt that you actually shipped the item and it was received.&nbsp; Most of these scams rely on you sending the package overseas - so it can't be tracked.&nbsp; They wait for you to ship, give it a bit and then reverse the charges on paypal.&nbsp; Since you can't prove they received it, Paypal will side with the buyer.Some of them are just phishing for your paypal account so they can try a brute force login, it varies. My standard practice on craigslist I put right in the ad that I'm only interested in dealing with local buyers paying cash.&nbsp; If I wanted to ship, I'd go to ebay.Second thing is, I never respond to any email in which they ask &quot;is this item&quot; still for sale, or any in which English is obviously an issue for them.&nbsp; Scammers send out generic emails like this, however real buyers will almost always mention your item specifically.. I saw your camera for sale and...&nbsp; So if the email doesn't include any specific references to your ad or the item your selling, odds are very very good it's a scam.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="robbins.photo, post: 602032, member: 27043"] Paypal's protections protect the buyer, for the seller.. eh, not so much. You pretty much have to be able to prove beyond any doubt that you actually shipped the item and it was received. Most of these scams rely on you sending the package overseas - so it can't be tracked. They wait for you to ship, give it a bit and then reverse the charges on paypal. Since you can't prove they received it, Paypal will side with the buyer. Some of them are just phishing for your paypal account so they can try a brute force login, it varies. My standard practice on craigslist I put right in the ad that I'm only interested in dealing with local buyers paying cash. If I wanted to ship, I'd go to ebay. Second thing is, I never respond to any email in which they ask "is this item" still for sale, or any in which English is obviously an issue for them. Scammers send out generic emails like this, however real buyers will almost always mention your item specifically.. I saw your camera for sale and... So if the email doesn't include any specific references to your ad or the item your selling, odds are very very good it's a scam. [/QUOTE]

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