I believe someone is trying to scam me with a transaction fee.
CMDH
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Posted on
Aug-25-2021
11:03 AM
Hi everyone,
I've currently got someone messaging me on Instagram who's saying she has a pending transaction on PayPal of £5000, it is apparently waiting on the transaction fee to be paid as she's sending from a "Merchant Account" and it requires £150 to be sent from my end for the payment to be processed.
Since I don't have a Merchant Account I thought I'd best off asking here.
Thanks!
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Aug-27-2021
05:52 AM
Hello @CMDH,
Welcome to the PayPal community and thank you for your post.
This is a scam and I would advise you to stop engaging with this person.
-Donna

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