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Sometimes fraudsters get bitten by those they wish to scam. Though the end shows that even terrible scammers, using a tool that has taken steps to limit their ability to scam people manage to steal an awful lot of folks money - stay aware and vigilant
They pay you via PayPal, then once they have your item, they put a claim in via PayPal that they've not received the item, and due to them having collected the item in person, you have no proof the item was delivered. At which point PayPal will issue a refund at your cost, so you are then one item less, and no money to show for it.
They'd probably still claim whoevers paypal account that was used didnt end up recieving it, but would you the seller be liable for that if you had proof you handed it to whatever courier the buyer decided to employ?
Obvs in these scams there is no courier/cousin/friend collecting it, its all just the scammer.
Paypal will not accept any form of proof whatsoever, other than a signed-for trackable courier delivery.
In fact, this type of scammer usually goes further by overpaying and then asking you to send the balance to a third party - obviously connected to the scammer - which you then can't recover, so you're down the goods (which the scammers don't really care about) and the money (which they do).
I have to admit that I hadn't realised until I read @goldtop 's post that the wording is *intentionally* ludicrous, in order to filter out all but the most stupid and gullible. The very type, who once hooked, are easy to lead on further up the garden path with requests like that.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Some people are stupid enough to believe it and hand the item for sale into the hands of a so called agent, before realising they were scammed.