The person who sent the email manipulated it to look like it came from PayPal by entering the name as but actually the email address is came to is which is definitely not a PayPal email address. PayPal’s emails always address the customer by their first and last name.

The account is not addressed to the customer instead it is addressed to an email address.PayPal provided the following advice and tips: The email from 'PayPal' has been identified as a fake email, with confirmation coming from PayPal directly.

He sent the goods and provided the tracking information, but when he checked his PayPal account later, he noticed that the money was not there. The seller received an email which looked to be from PayPal that advised him that he had received funds, but the funds weren’t going to be released until the tracking information was sent through.

Consumer Protection has received a report from a consumer who thought he had been paid by a buyer of his goods, but in fact hadn’t.