Received a payment but have to buy bitcoin?

[Bbhkl]

Hey I’ve received this massage “ You have received a payment of ****EUR, from ***** A temporary hold ! has been placed on this transaction ,due to the sender account status. We placed additional charges on every business account to increase security, We have made sure this method of payment cannot be reversed or canceled by your payee, Be rest assured that this payment will reflect in your balance as soon as the transfer are completed with the Bitcoin required to clear up the international charges As mentioned in the receipt of this payment, and due to the new PayPal policy on every business account, we have fully deducted the total amount from the sender account Kindly complete the payment sent to [removed] Note the money will only reflect in your balance once the charges are fully paid VAT CHARGES :$100Bitcoin Purchase your bitcoin to clear up your charges through the link provided below. Is it a scam ?

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@Bbhkl 

You never pay any upfront fee as a seller.

Ignore scammers that send fake Paypal emails telling you that you need to pay an upfront fee to verify/upgrade/or any other reason to 'accept' a payment.

You would certainly never have to send funds 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.