Suspected scam

Jken60113
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I am currently selling some goods on market place I agreed to use PayPal against my better judgement. The buyer said they had sent the money but I received an email saying my account was limited and as the purchase price was 250 I needed to upgrade to a business account which the buyer could sort by sending me £200 more. I agreed not realising but i suspect this is phishing and fraud. Any advice would be gratefully received. Regards James
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kernowlass
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@Jken60113 

 

100% 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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Kudos / Solution appreciated.
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