Authorization fee

[Dan0406]

Hello, i was supposed to get 5,000 $ from a merchant account (mine is personnal) and now he's telling me that i have to pay a 300 $ authorization fee before getting the money bc my account is personnal and cant receive this amount of money at once. Is it true ?

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@Dan0406 

SCAM.

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 to a business account/or any other reason to accept a payment.

You would certainly never have to send funds especially 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.

[Dan0406]

Thank you for your help ! I have another question, is it possible to get back 50 $ that I already gave to this person ?

[kernowlass]

@Dan0406 

Depends if you sent it using your paypal account or another payment processor.

Also depends on if you used the goods/services option or friends/family.

Lastly did you fund the payment via a credit card?

[Dan0406]

I payed via PayPal with my credit card and use friends and family option. But i guess that bc of that i dont have the buyer protection so its not possible ?

[kernowlass]

@Dan0406 

Unfortunately not, however talk to your card issuer and see if they will chargeback for you.

They may refuse as it was a gift payment, however, if you explain the circumstances they may decide to help, worth asking?

[Dan0406]

Okay i'll try ! Thank you for all your help 🙂