Is gmail sent out by paypal

[elzatian]

Hi i received an email from[removed], is that a scam?

[kernowlass]

@elzatian 

Probably, but hard to advise as you haven't given us a gist of the email content.

[elzatian]

[kernowlass]

@elzatian 

Email auto removed / screenshot not showing.

You need to give us a gist of the content.

[elzatian]

the gist is, the email was from a gmail account

and it stated that there is a $2k deposit but pending because my account is not business account, so ask the person who sent me to send another $300 to top up so that paypal can make me business account and paypal can release the money to me.

however in paypal dashboard, i don't see any pending.

this email was sent when a person was trying to buy something from me. 

my account is a business account already

[kernowlass]

@elzatian 

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.