Wow I almost got scammed if it wasn't for me reading this thread!
I found it weird when I posted up my shoes in Australia and someone with an American address who claimed to be on a business trip to New Zealand bought them within 4 minutes of my listing being posted. Upon asking him to accept a higher shipping cost to the US he responded on email telling me to contact him ONLY VIA EMAIL. The final straw was today when he sent this email:
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Hi Mate, I just received an email from eBay saying something is wrong with my eBay account, I understand the source of the problem. I had logged on my eBay account into another device that was why eBay thought my account was accessed by a third party and they relisted the item due to their norm act of protection in the ebay community. I believe they decided to protect us both. This issue with my account have now been resolved and confirmed by eBay that was why I proceeded with the payment of the item since they had sent me a notification to continue with the transaction. I hope they contacted you as well? kindly get me informed if they had instructed you to continue with the transaction as well or you may check your spam/junk mail. How are you doing ? I have effected a transfer to your PayPal Account as I precisely purchased this item for a friend who works in the America Refinery Industry as a gift. Hence, I have sorted out the postage costs via the International Standard Post, I have added it accordingly to the costs of postage as stated on their official website. Here Is the postage address Olabisi <removed> <removed> mafoluku, Oshodi, Lagos. 23401 Nigeria. 2347036761786 Just wondering if you have received a confirmation of payment, if not kindly check your Spam or Junk Mail. Regards
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This was accompanied by spam emails of eBay and Paypal having authorised payments, including $150 shipping (way too good to be true). With all these red flags I did a quick google search and stumbled across this discussion thread 🙂 I also checked that there was no Paypal payment received and that the user has been removed from eBay.
TL;DR block buyers if you are not willing to send internationally, and do NOT trust this account:
Name - Ina <removed>
eBay ID - drishti13
Email - <removed>
Fake(?) US address used to try and bait me -
<removed>
Biscayne Park, FL 33161, United States
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