Is it a scam?

I_M
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a friend want so send me money but got an email from here; [removed] saying I need to pay $100 in international fees since I'm outside of US. Email looks signed from paypay with transaction id and that I can contact them but it doesn't show pending in my account. Is it a scam?

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kernowlass
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@I_M 

 

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.


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