Help!! Is this legit? Does paypal actually make you send this?

[Cath2406]

My friend transferred this person $100 AUD who is her ‘partner or boy.. friend’ in return he said he will send her $2000 .. she got this screenshot from him saying she needs to pay 50/50 because of security reasons. Is this true? does paypal do this? He said a payment of $150 is needed to approve the transaction otherwise it stays as pending. I have a screenshot but i’m unable to attach it

[kernowlass]

@Cath2406 

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.