I have listed an item on ebay as "buy now" or "best offer". I have received an email from someone overseas offering to pay the full price plus $300 for overseas shipping etc. I emailed back advising I would accept his offer providing he conducted it through PayPal. 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. 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. 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. My Item is AU $6,500.00. How do I ascertain exactly what is going on? He has only been a member for five days and has no history. 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. Thanks.
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