Upgrading asking for gift card via email
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I received a an email stating that 400usd is required in the form of a gift card/bitcoin. This is an international transactions from a business account. The address that it came from was [removed] The subject line was direct deposit and it was address to me using my first and last name. Thank you for your guidance.
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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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