The only safe way to make an international transaction is to not do it at all.... When a deal goes wrong on a sale to another country, you have little or no recorse....I personally only deal with people in the US or Canada using postal money orders.... When you go to the post office to cash them, they know right away whether they are real or fake. If it is fake, the postal police will take the mater into their own hands, and they can be brutal....
PayPal seems good, but if someone pays you, and then makes a complaint that the item did not arrive, PayPal will deduct the funds from your account... PayPal tends to be on the side of the buyer, not the seller.... I personally sold a gun barrel to someone, and had him claim I nrever sent it to him... Later that month, he had the nerve to go on a gun forum and ask for advice on how to install his new barrel. I don't think he realised that I was a member of the forum though.... I eventually got PayPal to refund my money, but only after jumping through a lot of flaming hoops... (Hint... never scam someone when gun parts are involved... People selling gun parts tend to own guns....

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