Scam email and I sent money

[WingT2022]

I posted something on fb and the buyer said she would pay me on paypal. Somehow i juz realised i've received a scam email to ask me to pay $500 to activate the business paypal accpunt so that i can recieve the buyer transfer. And i did that. I feel like crying roght now. What should i do now? Thanks

[kernowlass]

@WingT2022 

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

How did you send them the funds and if via paypal which option did you select?