Validation fee

[Maren443]

Hi, i was wondering if i have any pending payments to my account? I got an email from you (i believe) that told me i needed to pay $100 in a validation fee to get my $2000. Is this a scam? Maren

[jmarc_38]

hello @Maren443 , there is no charge to receive the initial money.

if there are fees, they will be deducted from your paypal account.
yes, it is very likely that the email is fraudulent.
forward it, without addition or modification, to spoof@paypal.com

scams often use the same principle, pay, to receive money that does not exist.
for this , the motives for paying are various .
the fraudulent email contains a fraudulent link on it, very often.

[Lexgart]

I have this situation... please tell me if its true or not

[kernowlass]

@Lexgart 

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.