Scam?

[JA1232]

I am trying to sell something on facebook market place, The buyer has asked me for my pay pal details and transferred the money over. However they have said that they have a business account and that they have been asked to send over 170 pounds to credit or upgrade my account? I received an email about this too. I did not receive this money or the initial 30 pounds. They now say i have to send over 170 pounds and then i will be refunded after. Do i believe this or is it a scam???

[kernowlass]

@JA1232 

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.