“PayPal via Square” please help

Leggz_liv
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Hi. I’ve received an email stating “PayPal via Square”. Saying in order to receive pending money I have to buy £200 worth of bitcoin in order for it to release to clear overseas charges. I also have someone messaging me about this asking me to follow instructions.
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kernowlass
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@Leggz_liv 

 

100%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.


Advice is voluntary.
Kudos / Solution appreciated.
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