Am I required to provide Buyer with my email address in order to make payment via bank transfer?

[bubswebcloset]

Hi Ebayers,

I would need an advice asap.

I sold an item within hours of posting it  3 days ago. I indicated payment options as either via  PP or direct deposit. First the buyer  requested a total figure (however it was obvious as I asked for fixed postage fee ) then informed me that he was currently having problems with PP  and wanted to pay via bank transfer.I said ok then he wanted me to provide him with my bank details/name+account details/ plus my email address saying that his bank wanted to send a confirmation of the transaction directly to my email. With no reason he gave me two of his email addresses (Not his "real" name but the same email ID with outlook and  Yahoo but later on he kept giving me one email address of the two without any explanation. Furthermore I became  abit suspicious when I noticed that he did not provide his street number  to the postal address and also a different name appeared on the postal address. I requested to correct it but he seems to ignore it. Instead In his messages he keeps asking for my email address.It is very annoying.. I sent him a message last night that I would need to cancel the order in case the payment will not be done in 48 hrs. He replied me today and all he said he was in the proccess of completing the transaction but his bank needs my email address.

I do not believe i should give him or his bank my email in order to deposit the fund. I had already enough of this game..Any advice would be highly appreciated . Thanks and regards

[bubswebcloset]

Thanks  *tippy*toes* for your detailed advice. I am about to change my settings  as you suggested.To be honest  I have not even thought about it previously!

Unfortunately I have to wait till tomorrow to open an unpaid case but afer I have reported this member I hope I do not need to wait for another 4days to close it.

cheers

[*tippy*toes*]

If you want to scam the scammer, send him a fake tracking number and see what he does. It can be fun leading scammers on. I had a Nigerian going for nearly 2 years a few years back. They're not as bright as they like to think they are. They kept changing their name and email address. So, I kept changing my name and email address too. I went through the names of all the top international celebrities at the time........both male and female. I was even Margaret Houlihan and Hawkeye Pearce at one point! In the end I got bored as my elaborate stories didn't seem as interesting in the end.

[typhoon4u]

There is the "angle" that if knowing your email, name, which bank your with and perhaps your address, a scammer can specifically target you with a well composed phishing email which would look extremely genuine....... stay on your toes people!!