Payment fee, gift card

Kohtla14
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Someone wants to send me a big amount of money. He said I need to verify it by gift card or voucher, razer gold gift card 200$. It could be true? He wrote -- So just get your voucher verification cards and I will verify it to your payment and you it will fully reflect on your PayPal balance -- PayPal needs at all fee from receiver? Thank you.
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kernowlass
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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.


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kernowlass
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@Kohtla14 

 

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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Kohtla14
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Thank you. I have a screen of his payment. I have copied it. It is also a SCAM? ------ You send Recipient gets $34499.89 €30000.00 USD EUR Conversion rate: 1 USD = 0.8696 EUR This rate includes a currency conversion fee. The amount you'll pay may change as we lock in your rate, so check your final amount and fee details before you send. Payment process: pending Payment fee:$200 Payment charges: Razer Gold Card VOUCHER NOTE: Payment must be verified before notifying receiver… PayPal
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