Is this Spam? Never seen this before

Amandastarr
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Trying to sell an item on Facebook. Buyer contacted me on Facebook and arranged a pick up Time tomorrow morning. He then PayPal me payment. I then get this spam labelled email. I am refusing to follow the link, despite the buyer insisting I am being complicated. I told him I would call PayPal support in the morning. This is the message below. Is my gut correct? Is this a spam? We have a problem crediting your funds of £50.00 because your account status is not a business user which makes your account have limits, This amount seems to be above your limits so you have to take this urgent step to expand your limit _____________________________________________ How do I expand my account to a business User? Contact the last payer to send an additional payment of £200.00 for your account to be fully extended. Soon as this is done we will credit your account with the total sum of £250.00 ________________________________________ IMPORTANT NOTICE An alert has been sent out to the payer of your your in regards to the £200.00 additional payment he has to send to you, We will secure this transaction with high priority that neither the payer nor seller will lose in this transaction Note : TRANSACTION CAN’T BE REVERSED OR CANCELED.
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kernowlass
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@Amandastarr 

 

100% SCAM.


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.


Advice is voluntary.
Kudos / Solution appreciated.
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