Scam or legit?

[Nelliesgone]

Hello I’ve got an email receipts messaging squareup that says custom amount someone is sending and there is also a 125 dollars in bitcoin fee that needs to get paid before I receive the money. I’m from Czech Republic so I know there is a kind of fee because of transferring currency from dollars to Czech crowns Everything seems legit but I have a hard time believing it is not a scam The person sending me the money also send me how it looks in their account and the payment is pending Also they send me a link from which to buy bitcoin I’m just scared to lose my money Please help

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@Nelliesgone 

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.

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