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[IT] Is he trying to scam me or steal my email?
Someone a couple of hours ago reached me out for a commission and offered me a large amount of money. It sounded fishy, but I just played it along and asked for more details. He said he wanted to pay me using PayPal or a bank account, and since I know PayPal is reliable and I use it a lot, I gave him my username linked to my account. After that, he said he needed my email for “security purposes” since the payment is between two different countries: he’s from America and I’m from Italy. I don’t think this is legit, it’s the first time I hear something like this and why should be there “security purposes”? My profile is linked via username and email, but why should someone need my email? I think it’s a scam because you can’t see other people’s mails on their PayPal’s profile, so there must be something going on, right?
There aren’t other useful messages in our chat, except for this last I also posted on my screenshot:
“Okay let me have your PayPal email for the payment not username”
“My bank is a cooperate account here in USA
and it's required for email to complete the transaction and it's for security purposes since the payment is between two different countries your email will be needed”
EDIT: thank you all for your support and help!