This is the Michelle Brooks/Millard Tibbs scam. They send you emails supposedly from PayPal, but PayPal would never ask you to send money through Western Union for items you are selling. They will ask you to send $150 for shipping & it will appear that this money has gone into your account from the emails they send (not from PayPal). Unfortunately it's a bogus email & you just sent money to this [***] for no reason. Do not fall for it.

This is kinda happening to me by a michelle brooks im selling a wedding dress on criegslist and i made a paypal acccount and they are saying i need to send $500 to western union before the credit my account. Is this a scam? "Paypal" supposedly sent me an email saying they sent my info to the FBI because im not coopoerating with her. But i havent done anything because i feel that this is a scam.

im selling a wedding dress on criegslist and i made a paypal acccount and they are saying i need to send $500 to western union before the credit my account. Is this a scam? "Paypal" supposedly sent me an email saying they sent my info to the FBI because im not coopoerating with her. But i havent done anything because i feel that this is a scam.

Its definately a scam.  Paypal doesn't want you to use Western Union.  Paypal competes with Western Union as a way to transfer money electronically.

I thought so! Thank you!! :)