The paypal thing is real, I use it all the time, and would find it hard to see how they would scam you (in reality)...
... for example, on eBay, you're protected, if you claim the item never got sent or was in bad condition, you get your money back, but protection doesn't count on private purchases such as this one. So when the money hits your paypal (instant), extract it straight away into your bank account (2-3 days in the uk), and then you've got the cash. Let's say there _is_ protection on private purchases, keep your recorded delivery note and you've got proof that PayPal would be happy with.

However, "Don't be scared of dealing with me because many sellers are scared of dealing with any buyer outside UK, I want your honesty in return to my faithfulness to you during this transaction. Your immediate response will be really appreciated, Thank you." screams out at me as a scam style of writing, it's on the verge of being to elocent without being something a nativly british person would say. But even if she is forrin, and it's all ligit; it's not natural to say that sort of thing on an initial encounter. It's like a politition saying "Trust me" or "In all honestly"; you know the following or proccedding is bullshit.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 8:45, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

If the paypal link is embedded, it could be a fishing link.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:18, Reply)

Yeh', true, although I *think* the email came via gumtree doesn't allow HTML.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:12, Reply)