Fake Emails?

[Amber]

I signed up to PayPal and sold my mobile phone, worth £250. I sent the buyer an invoice and received an email saying that the transaction had been completed but they needed the Tracking number for confirmation of the item being sent, stupidly because I had used paypal in the past, trusted them and sent it.

I've been conned haven't i!? They then said they were experiencing problems all week and weren't able to transfer the funds, but now the buyer would have received the item.

I've been in contact with these email addresses - they kept saying hte money was safe and once there technical faults were resolved, they're be able to transfer the money - but now they wont reply and I still haven't received my money.

How do i sort this out??

This is the first email i received, which looks genuine -

****Paypal Payment Confirmation*******þ
From: PAY SECURE (paypal_onlinesecure@mail2Consultant.com)
Sent: 02 October 2007 19:19:14
To: roxylife86@hotmail.co.uk


To safely and securely access the PayPal website or your account, open a new web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape) and type in the PayPal URL (****s://***.paypal.com/row/) to be sure you are on the real PayPal site.

PayPal will never ask you to enter your p***word in an email.

For more information on protecting yourself from fraud, please review our Security Tips at ****s://***.paypal.com/row/securitytips


Protect Your P***word
You should never give your PayPal p***word to anyone, including PayPal employees.


You've got new funds!

Dear Grace Anywar,

Carny Eric just sent you money with PayPal
Carny Eric is a Verified buyer.


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Payment Details

Amount: £250.00 GBP

TransactionID: 5Y758872CS5622207


Subject:
Send item on : 03/10/07

Note: You have been paid for
Your Gumtree
Exeter ad
#14137988:
Nokia N73 Mobile
Phone Item.

Shipping Information

Address: Robert Williams,
5B Chelsham road
Clapham North,
London, SW4 6NR
United Kingdom.

Address Status: Confirmed
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This PayPal® payment has been deducted from the buyer's account and has
been "APPROVED"but will not be credited to your account until the shipment reference/tracking
number is sent to us for verification so as to secure both the buyer and the seller.
Below are the necessary information requested before your account will be credited.
Send tracking number to us or email us through this mail
trackingverify@mail2consultant.com and our customer service care will attend to you. As soon as you send us the shipment's tracking number to us for security purposes and the safety of the buyer and the seller the money will be credited to your account.
**PLEASE NOTE**

Once item has been shipped and the tracking number must be send to us,
You will receive a "CONFIRMATION EMAIL" from PayPal® Team informing you that the Fund has been credited
Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

PayPal Email ID PP277

the email addresses after that were:

paypalcustomercare@mail2London.com
and
trackingverify@mail2Consultant.com

[Ziggy]

The same guy as just tried to scam me, exact same shipping address with identical fake paypal payment receipt form mail2london.

[bunz]

Yep, I've just gotten one of these and it definately seems like a scam, they paid extra £45 for shipping to Nigeria but the issue with no payment until tracking number had been sent.
Don't fall for it. I'm not sending anything out.