Suspected scam

I have just sold an expensive coin on eBay. 

 

After the buyer messaged me and confirmed that he had paid, eBay sent me the following: 

 

"This is Susan from eBay, I'm the representative in charge of your transaction with the buyer
 
The major reason why the funds have not been reflected on your account is because we need to verify that the item has been shipped because some sellers will receive cleared funds in their account and they will refuse to ship out the item. So since the money has been debited from the buyer account, It will be on hold until you email us the picture of the shipping receipt for confirmation so we can release all your funds into your account. It's a measure for protecting both sellers and buyers..

This is done to make sure all transactions are safe and  secure for both the seller and buyer.


Get back to us as soon as possible.
 
Thanks,
eBay Worldwide"
 
This email address came from the address: ebay.nline.payment@gmail.com
 
Please advise if this is a scam - thanks 
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*casey*
Community Member

And be sure to run all your spyware, keylogging and virus protection.

 

I can see it was a relist, was it previously bought by another scammer ?

 

Cancel the transactions to get your fees back.

 

https://www.ebay.com.au/help/selling/getting-paid/sellers-can-cancel-order?id=4136&srsltid=AfmBOoqlt...

 

This isn't the best place for you , as a new seller, to be listing expensive items.

 

Even listing as a Buy It Now with immediate payment required will no doubt see you targeted by a scammer paying with a stolen credit card.

 

If you're going to sell on eBay, sign up for managed payments, if you haven't done so already, read up on selling on eBay and start with low priced items.