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[Meagan1313]

I think I was scammed I got a email from pay pal connect square but it’s not in my recent transaction and they keep telling they need Gifts cards to approve the transaction I kept getting emails saying it was 75% done than this fee or that fee is this legit or an actual scam

[kernowlass]

@Meagan1313 

You never pay any upfront fee as a seller.

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.

Paypal payments show 100% and nothing under that.

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.

[Jenh82]

More than likely a scam. Don't click anything on the email. Check your account using the app or a web browser. You can't cancel from the app but you can login to your account on a web browser and there is an option to cancel. Cancel and disregard it. They are trying to get your info. Wanting you to click anything on the email they sent and send them a reply. Phishing messages often begin with impersonal greetings. “Dear user” or “Hello, PayPal member” are definitely suspect. Messages from PayPal will always use the full name listed in your PayPal account. This website might help. https://www.comparitech.com/identity-theft-protection/paypal-scams/

[kernowlass]

@Jenh82 

Its a COMMON regular scam as per my first post.