Will I be asked to verify money received from USA with gift card?

[Visesio]

Hi there I have asked by one of my friend, he had send me 5k and needs to be verified with $100 gift card in order to received the money. Is this for real or scam?

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@Visesio 

Friend 🤔

You never pay any upfront fee as a seller or to receive funds.

Ignore scammers that send fake Paypal emails telling you that you need to pay an upfront fee to verify/upgrade/or any other reason to 'accept' a payment.

You would certainly never have to send funds via another payment processor/bitcoins/ or tokens/vouchers of any sort.

Any fee is auto deducted by Paypal at the same instant the remainder of the payment is credited to your Paypal account balance.

No funds in your balance = you have not yet been paid, even pending/held payments will still show in your Paypal account activity.