SCAM OR NOT? HELP

[julimosq]

Hi guys there's this guy claiming he's currently in Australia and wants to but my Gopro listing. He is offering me $720 to send it directly to Africa to his son for his birthday. I am double minded though, I feel like there is something wrong. It's not finalised yet but I just wanted to ask your opinion. I looked at his Ebay page profile and he only joined yesterday 25/10/14 and it says his location is definitely in South Africa. Do you guys think this is a scam??????

[phorum_junkie*]

send a polite message and and say that you send only to australia,

Not good advice, have absolutely no further contact with the scammer, they are after more than your money, that would just be a bonus. They are after getting your email address and any other details they can garner so they can target you later with phishing emails.

You can give ebay a call and tell them about this scammer, they are quite used to this type of con and should deregister the account pretty quickly.

[julimosq]

Hi I know they have my email. What should I do??? This is terrifying

[julimosq]

So i did it but he's still visible from my messages. It this normal ??

[i-love-my-sheep]

They shouldn't have your email address as they would have made contact via eBay messages. The messages might appear in your regular email inbox, but that's because eBay sent them there, not the scammer.

As he hasn't actually bought anything from you, he shouldn't be able to contact you any more now you've added him to your blocked list. That is if you set up the blocks I mentioned in the buyer requirement section and ticked the very last box that says "don't allow blocked buyers to contact me".

Here's the link to the buyer requirements page in case I didn't explain it very well. http://offer.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?BuyerBlockPreferences

[phorum_junkie*]

How did he get your email? If your only communication has been through ebay then they do not have your email address.

You have no need to be terrified, just extra cautious as far as emails are concerned. It is never a good idea to log into a site through a link in an email even if you think it is from someone you know or it looks like a genuine Paypal, bank or ebay email. Just make it a rule to never click on links and then sign in to a site, especially one that contains any financial details.

[go-tazz]

This gives you the full run down on how it works.

http://www.ebay.com.au/gds/Nigeria-is-a-scam-Fake-shipping-agent-Contact-Live-Help-/1000000001695207...