How do I know this is a scam or not?

marielbeltran15
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They have sent me a picture of their PayPal screen which you can see the amount they want to send to you and what you will receive. However the payment status is pending. Payment charges:razor voucher code. Payment fee:$50. Note: The receiver will not be credited until charges required are cleared. So, the person asked me to send the fee amount in Steam card and then he redeems it in PayPal. is this legit or a scam? The person is sending USD from a business company to my personal account which is British 

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kernowlass
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@marielbeltran15 


You never pay any upfront fee as a seller or to receive funds.

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.


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