Giveaway real or Fake?
Enjo_Kohai
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Posted on
Aug-03-2022
01:35 PM
so i have supposedly won a giveaway of 5000 dollars, but i supposedly need to have 100 in my account and pay some kind of fee, and only after paying a fee i can get the money, but i have only gotten an email and it does not show that the payment of 5000 is pending on paypal, anyone care to help me understand if it is real or a spoof
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sharpiemarker
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Aug-03-2022
02:13 PM
Scam. You’ll pay the free but no $5k. So they would scam you of $100.
Kudos & Solved are greatly appreciated. 🙂

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