https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/PayPal-Payments/Am-I-being-scammed/qaq-p/1908294 <P>I have listed an item on ebay as "buy now" or "best offer". &nbsp;I have received an email from someone overseas offering to pay the full price plus $300 for overseas shipping etc. &nbsp; &nbsp;I emailed back advising I would accept his offer providing he conducted it through PayPal. &nbsp;He then sent me his email address and said I need to goto my PayPal account and send him a PayPal payment requestto my PayPal email address. &nbsp; &nbsp; I emailed back saying he needed to make the transaction through e-bay, that he had to click on the "buy Now' tab and once he receives the invoice, he can then pay into my PayPal account. &nbsp; &nbsp; The red flags went up as soon as he said he would pay by PayPal directly into my PayPal account, also when he offered the full selling price plus $300.00. &nbsp; &nbsp;My Item is AU $6,500.00. &nbsp;How do I ascertain exactly what is going on? &nbsp; He has only been a member for five days and has no history. &nbsp; &nbsp;He says he is in South Africa, but when I clicked on his ebay info, it stated US, but also said he is in South Africa. &nbsp; &nbsp; Thanks. &nbsp;</P> Tue, 12 Jan 2016 10:02:37 GMT caffrum 2016-01-12T10:02:37Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/PayPal-Payments/Am-I-being-scammed/qaq-p/1908294 <P>I have listed an item on ebay as "buy now" or "best offer". &nbsp;I have received an email from someone overseas offering to pay the full price plus $300 for overseas shipping etc. &nbsp; &nbsp;I emailed back advising I would accept his offer providing he conducted it through PayPal. &nbsp;He then sent me his email address and said I need to goto my PayPal account and send him a PayPal payment requestto my PayPal email address. &nbsp; &nbsp; I emailed back saying he needed to make the transaction through e-bay, that he had to click on the "buy Now' tab and once he receives the invoice, he can then pay into my PayPal account. &nbsp; &nbsp; The red flags went up as soon as he said he would pay by PayPal directly into my PayPal account, also when he offered the full selling price plus $300.00. &nbsp; &nbsp;My Item is AU $6,500.00. &nbsp;How do I ascertain exactly what is going on? &nbsp; He has only been a member for five days and has no history. &nbsp; &nbsp;He says he is in South Africa, but when I clicked on his ebay info, it stated US, but also said he is in South Africa. &nbsp; &nbsp; Thanks. &nbsp;</P> Tue, 12 Jan 2016 10:02:37 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/PayPal-Payments/Am-I-being-scammed/qaq-p/1908294 caffrum 2016-01-12T10:02:37Z