I've also received a "buyer" for an item on eBay - purporting to want to "Buy It Now" outside of eBay.
He sent me an eBay message containing his email address, after sending him a Paypal invoice to his email, he then emailed me back stating I should have received a Paypal notification in my.... (wait for it...) Spam folder. Probably the worst drawn-up fake Paypal email I've seen in a while - so many spelling mistakes and completely incorrect information about Paypal policy. Having checked my Paypal account, of course no money had been deposited, and the email states a load of detritus about "Paypal releasing the funds as soon as a Tracking ID for the posted product has been entered", i.e. after having sent it.
The originating email was not from Paypal and this person was using the following details:
Jeanne <removed>
Tobi <removed> <removed> Lawanson Itire Surulere 101014 Lagos Nigeria.
This is a clear case of a fraud, so please be aware of this user as he has presence on eBay as an alias username dswholesale606.
Thanks,
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