Is this for real?

[Karen276]

I have a personal PayPal account. Someone from a business account is saying they have sent me money but that I have to pay a transaction fee in bitcoin as it is a business account in America. Is this legit or a con. I know very little about PayPal as have only just started to use it

[Abbymallee]

It might just be a error in the system just refresh your page and have a nice day

[PayPal_Olivia]

Hi @Karen276, 

Thank you for your post and welcome to the Community! I'm sorry to hear that you have received what sounds like a fraudulent outreach. I'll be happy to help.

If someone says that you need to manually pay a fee to receive a payment, especially using any sort of secondary service or currency, they are attempting to scam you. Any fees charged for receiving a payment are automatically assessed in the transaction, and do not require any payments through bitcoin or any other means.

I am glad you were cautious and came here for guidance!

Olivia