Good day, I really need your help. I am a freelancer and was about to receive downpayment for an order, so I made an account on Paypal for me to receive it and she then replied to me that she sent it but then I receive this email. "Hello valid customer. We are sorry for the late response. We encountered a little problem while crediting your account, you have a pending payment $xxUSD but we have a problem crediting your account with that amount because your account is not a premium account and cannot receive funds that add up to $xx.00 You can take these few steps to expand your limit: Contact the last payer to send an additional payment of $300.00USD for your account to be fully expanded to a business user. Soon as this is done we will credit your account with the total sum of $390.00 with a free compensation fee of $56.00 for this inconvenience caused. Note that an alert has also been sent to Da**ta in regards to the $300.00USD additional payment, we will secure this transaction with high priority so that neither the payer nor the payee will lose their funds in this transaction." I then message the sender and she allegedly sent the additional fee, then I received this email. "CONGRATULATIONS!!! you have received an additional payment of ($300.00 USD) Payment Details: (Routing Code:[removed]) Your PayPal account has been Upgraded/Expanded to a BUSINESS ACCOUNT: You have received an additional payment of ($300.00USD) form and your account will be fully credited with the total sum of ($390.00 USD). Your funds are now safe with us and for the buyer's safety, the additional payment has to be refunded for your account to be fully credited with the total sum of ($390.00 USD). Final steps to follow: 1. Get your PayPal account ready. 2. Contact the sender for the information to refund back ($300.00 USD). 3. Take a screenshot of the total sum of ($300.00 USD) been successfully sent and reply to this email for verification of refund so we can release the total sum of ($390.00 USD). to your account immediately. IMPORTANT NOTE: YOUR FUNDS HAS BEEN APPROVED AND SECURED SO YOU ARE TO CARRY ON WITH THE INSTRUCTION GIVEN ABOVE FOR YOUR ACCOUNT TO BE FULLY CREDITED WITH THE TOTAL SUM OF ($390.00 USD )" I panicked since I don't know where to find that kind of amount as a refund. Am I being scammed right now because I don't know what to do next.
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