I am new to EBAY and selling.  Today I had 2 of my items sold at BINs.  I recieved a poorly worded message babbling about how the buyer is a 'legitimate collector' and then asking me to send the item as a GIFT.  It reeked of a scam. 

Sure enough the buyer had a US posting address, but the account said it was in South Africa.  I reported it immediately to EBAY.  Infact I sent 2 reports.  I understand that coming into this community, there are scammers, but it is no excuse for their existance. I was defrauded on EBAY many years ago.  He did have alot of positives, hundreds, which made him appealing, but he had a few negatives.

He built up a bad reputation on a collector board I was on as a persisant jerk and scammer.  His name then was <REMOVED>, and his EBAY username was <REMOVED>.  It was discovered by board members there that he did use other names on his shipping/billing.  I don't know whatever happened to him, but he is definately a trickster who will scam people if he can.

We need to be dilligant, and smash out all scam accounts, to protect ourselves and each other.