HELP , is this an ebay scam ?

[Max Power]

My wife has sold an item on ebay, is the following message a scam (as I strongly suspect)

Okay consider it sold to me for £1,950 and end the auction. I will make payment directly from secure Paypal website because I have reached buying limit on eBay. I add extra £50 which I have confirmed will cover postage through International postage and I will pay total of £2,000. I want it deliver to my cousin at abroad because I'm currently military camp and there is no way I could handle postage from here.

Get back to me with your P-a-y-P-a-l email and also ebay username or item number so that I don't pay wrong person. Send it direct to my email which is xxxx®h0tm.a.i.l+C0mjj (pls correct it).

I have altered part of his email for anonymity

 

[SurreyHills]

Not sure what you mean by sold an item on eBay as the person is effectively wanting to do a deal outside of eBay. Of course it's a scam. You should only ship to the PayPal registered address. There is no such thing as a buying limit on eBay. They will use a hacked PP account or fake credit card and when PP detect it the money is reversed out and your wife isn't covered for seller protection as it was a private deal not done through eBay.



Cheers
Andy

 

[Steve Maskery]

Don't touch it with a bargepole. Let him bid properly and go through the proper channels. If he's genuine, you wife will get her sale, if he isn't she stands to lose everything.

 

[KevM]

As Andy & Steve have said - 24 Carat scam

No such thing as a buying limit
Communicating outside Ebay
Shipping overseas
3rd party delivery

Setting you up for a PayPal charge-back scam. Report it to Ebay and cancel the sale, make sure you file for a refund of your sellers fees.

 

[Grahamshed]

Don't even touch it with someone else bargepole.

 

[Lons]

+ what the others said.

I guess you knew the answer before you asked the question really. When it smells of scam it's scam!

Bob

 

[artie]

If in doubt, there is no doubt.

 

[niagra]

….unless you want to enjoy the sport of scam baiting?

 

[Mark A]

Don't even touch it with someone else bargepole.

Unless you use it to smack the scamming b****d over the head!

 

[Max Power]

Thanks Guys , for confirming my suspicions

 

[RogerS]

But you can lead him by the nose and let him think he's got you. Waste his time.

I did with one scammer 'flogging' a Discovery. Got to the point where I had his bank details and allegedly his address. So went to the Old Bill. Surprise..surprise..not interested.

 

[charlibalv]

It reads like a classic textbook example of how to spot a scam. Everything about it says scam.

 

[whiskywill]

Why you suspicious of I? I genuine buyist. Please you consider once more.

 

[MMUK]

Seriously? You need to ask?

 

[RogerS]

Reminds me of the old Goon Show sketch.
"Hand me your wallet and repeat after me. 'Help yourself'.

 

[RogerBoyle]

Seriously? You need to ask?

Whiskywill was extracting the p :mrgreen: