Hello, i had posted a Playstation 5 ad on Dubbizle a very famous website to buy and sell stuff in Dubai. A person contacted me and agreed to the sum i was after and told me send him my paypal. I have him my paypal QR code thinking that it will be easy as he will scan the qr code and enter amount and will send it to me. But things got interesting when i received email saying in order to get this payment you need to make sure you complete the steps we tell you as "You've received an instant payment " via PayPal MERCHANDISE Payment Service. Then it had the amount written he paid me and some transport charges of 1898AED. Then told me that In order complete this transaction and get the funds credited into your account, you have to go to your closest Al Ansari Exchange Office and transfer the excess sum of 1,898.00 AED to the Transport Agent and send us a Scanned Copy/Photograph of your Al Ansari Exchange Transaction Receipt (in .JPG Format). This is my first time using paypal. Please advise me does anything like this is legit from paypal or is this a scam? Why would i send 1989AED first to unknown person and then paypal will release the payment. Please advise me. Is it original or fake? Does paypal work like this?
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