PayPal bitcoin scam

[asokolova123]

a person on the social network with whom I recently met transferred money to me, but in order to receive it, I need to buy bitcoin. could it be or is it a scam?

[kernowlass]

@asokolova123 

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.

[asokolova123]

Thank you very much!! It solved my problem! I blocked this person.

[Sullasommers]

Same thing happened to me today! I felt like it was a Scam. So I said it didnt work, and ignored to get someone from customer service in paypal to answer me. Is this 100% a scam? Because Now the person is threatening to call the police on me saying im the scammer. Im pretty worried.

[kernowlass]

@Sullasommers 

No funds in your paypal balance means YOU HAVE NOT BEEN PAID and Paypal does not tell you to pay any upfront costs as a seller.