Paypal can't receive over $700?

[ashdmontgom]

I just sold a wedding dress and requested payment of over $1000. I received an email that's subject line was:

***FINAL PROCESS FOR YOUR ACCOUNT TO BE FULLY CREDITED***

And the email instructed me that I didn't have a premium business account so I couldn't receive funds of over $700 and it's now asking me to ask my BUYER to send me $500 to upgrade the account. The email came from pay pal notification box at gmail

I've already shipped the item and can't get ahold of a person at paypal to verify. PLEASE HELP!

Is this legit? I'm not seeing that I can only receive so much money on paypal anywhere.

[Jmabrams10]

Me too. Did you get it figured out?

[PAvadevorah]

Did you figure it out ? Same problem here

[kernowlass]

@PAvadevorah 

SCAM.

They encourage you to accept a direct Paypal payment and may ask you to send the item internationally.
No funds or activity of the transaction shows in your Paypal account and any emails may go into your junk/spam folders.

You will get/got a "fake" email that looks as though it is from paypal.....it isn't because they don't have a Paypal account and have no intention of paying you.
It will say the buyer has paid ...you won't have been paid.
They will tell you that the payment is released when you provide paypal with a tracking/shipping number......this won't happen.

Once you have become a victim they may try again with more fake Paypal emails with other reasons that you must send them a payment for custom fees / to verify, expand or upgrade an account.


Paypal NEVER tell you to send an item before the payment is showing in your paypal account.
Paypal do not tell you to send trackable, they advise it for selling protection but it is not compulsory.
Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.