I am a freelancer and I am owed some money from a company in a foreign country. In order to be paid, they are saying I need to complete a $500 refundable deposit, something related to KYC. I am relatively new to the working abroad, and am not sure if this is legit or not. Looking for advice hope to hear from someone soon.
You never pay any upfront fee as a seller or recipient of funds..
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.
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Thanks for your reply, sounds like I'm probably being scammed. I did complete a lot of work for the agency, but they did send a few @gmail accounts claiming that is where the verification is going to take place. What should I do to protect myself?
