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somebody said they are sending me 1500 but i need to buy a 50 dollar ebay card to verify the purchase is this scam ????
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Hi @Darianp22 and everyone who's posted in the thread or who may be reading this later,
Thank you all for posting! Thank you also for your concern and caution.
Fees collected by PayPal are never collected in the form of gift cards or separate payments, and there is never a need to spend money for any type of verification. If any buyer or sender of funds ever tells you that you need to buy gift cards or send any money in order to receive funds, it is a scam. If this occurs, it is very likely that you have not received a payment at all.
Payments legitimately sent to you are received into your account and your transaction history will show the activity, even if the payment is temporarily held. If you receive an email that says that you have received a payment but one does not show in your history, that email should be treated as suspicious.
I hope this helps clarify. Please stay safe!
Olivia
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Yes, it is a scam. You will not be paid the $1500 but would be scammed of $50. Repeat and eventually the fraudsters shall make considerable amounts from multiple victims. PayPal does not ask you to buy gift cards before showing your payment, IF that person REALLY paid. You just see a record of payment in your PayPal account which will tell you to ship or not. Your buyer may not even have a PayPal account, just sending you spoof PayPal emails.
Forward them to spoof@paypal.com and delete the emails.
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