What scam is this?

[ramcycle2010]

I had a buyer from Singapore with a new account, put in a best offer on 2 of my listings, with this message accompanying it:

"Hi my friend. I try to pay through PayPal and same with the Bank account it says that the seller does not accept the payment method for now and sends me this article: REMOVED.

The amount offered is the same as the buy it now price, and once I accepted the offers, they never paid or responded to messages. From feedback they've received, they've done the same thing to other sellers.

The same scenario has just been attempted on two more of my listings, but this time, I just declined the offers.

Apart from being annoying, what the heck is this buyer trying to achieve?

[sandypebbles]

I also reported it about 4am

[ramcycle2010]

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@ramcycle2010 wrote:

Thank you Countess, for your input and the link, very helpful.

I did click on both links, they were different with each attempt, and neither made any sense. I think my Norton protection took care of them.

In terms of what the buyer was trying to achieve, of course you are right, but I was off on a tangent thinking they were trying to rack up a feedback score.

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I've just had yet another offer of the same kind ... glad I brought this matter up, if I'm getting this many scam attempts, so many other sellers must be aswell.

[davewil1964]

Not me.

It might be item specific.

You certainly wouldn't present as a mug newbie.

[ramcycle2010]

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@davewil1964 wrote:

Not me.

It might be item specific.

You certainly wouldn't present as a mug newbie.

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For me, the offers have been on toys, but then that's what I mostly sell. 

For the other sellers that left feedback, the offers were on a variety of items.

[ramcycle2010]

Despite reporting this scam 4 TIMES, ebay have still not taken any action against those perpetuating it. 

Consequently, I am still receiving bogus best offers on my listings from Singapore.

Just letting this be known, in case it helps anyone else that this is happening to ...